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Jul 1, 2008 · Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys of the Bowery and the notorious Five Points district, The Gangs of New York dramatically evokes the destitution and shocking violence of a turbulent era, when colorfully named criminals like Dandy John Dolan, Bill the Butcher, and Hell-Cat Maggie lurked in the shadows, and infamous ...
Feb 26, 2024 · The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. Paperback – February 26, 2024. The Gangs of New York is a tour through a now unrecognisable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence centred around the infamous slum of Five Points, with its rival Irish and American gangs.
- Herbert Asbury
Jan 1, 2002 · The Gangs of New York. Martin Scorsese. 3.91. 79 ratings5 reviews. Set in the turbulent streets of Lower Manhattan in the mid-nineteenth century, Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York depicts the politically corrupt and volatile social climate of New York during the early years of the Civil War.
Jan 1, 1970 · “A universal history of infamy [that] contains all the confusion and cruelty of the barbarian cosmologies....”—Jorge Luis Borges “The tale is one of blood, excitement and debauchery.”—The New York Times Book Review “The Gangs of New York is one of the essential works of the city....”—Luc Sante, The New York Review of Books.
- Herbert Asbury
Feb 15, 2023 · The gangs of New York; an informal history of the underworld. by. Asbury, Herbert, 1891-1963. Publication date. 1970. Topics. Gangs, Crime -- New York (State) -- New York, New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions. Publisher. New York : Capricorn Books.
Books. The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. Thunder's Mouth Press, 1990 - History - 366 pages. The Gangs of New York has long been hand-passed among its...
The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld. Herbert Asbury. Garden City Publishing Company, 1928 - Crime - 400 pages. Preview this book ».
