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The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld / by Herbert Asbury ; [foreword by Jorge Luis Borges].
Examines New York's gangs of the nineteenth century and charts their influence on the underworld in the twentieth century.
Record details
- ISBN: 1560252758
- ISBN: 9781560252757
- ISBN: 9780099436744
- ISBN: 0099436744
- Physical Description: xvi, 366 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Thunder's Mouth Press ; [2001]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Previously published: New York : Paragon House, 1990.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-356) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Foreword by Jorge Luis Borges -- Introduction -- Cradle of the gangs -- Early gangs of the Bowery and Five Points -- Sin along the water front -- River pirates -- Killing of Bill the Butcher -- Police and Dead Rabbit Riots -- Draft Riots -- When New York was really wicked -- King of the bank robbers -- Whyos and their times -- Kingdoms of the gangs -- Prince of gangsters -- Wars of the Tongs -- Last of the gang wars -- Passing of the gangster -- Slang of the early gangsters.
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