Mort Zachter s childhood revolved around a small shop on Manhattan s Lower East Side known in the neighborhood as the day-old bread store. It was a bakery where nothing was baked, owned by his two eccentric uncles who referred to their goods as the merchandise. Zachter grew up sleeping in the dinette of a leaking Brooklyn tenement. He lived a classic immigrant story--one of a close-knit, working-class family struggling to make it in America. Only they were rich.

In "Dough," Zachter chronicles the life-altering discovery made at age thirty-six that he was heir to several million dollars...

Mort Zachter's childhood revolved around a small, struggling shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side that sold bread and pastries. His was a classic story--a close-knit, hard-working family struggling to make it in America.

Only they were rich. Very rich.

At age thirty-six, after struggling to work his way though night school, Zachter discovered that his bachelor uncles, who ran the shop, had amassed millions of dollars in stocks and bonds. As he starts to clean out their apartment, Zachter discovers clues to their hidden lives that raise more questions than they answer. And in...