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Description. The book details the rise and fall of 19th century gangs in New York City, prior to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia during Prohibition in the 1920s. Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys of the Bowery and the Five Points district of Lower Manhattan, the book evokes the destitution and violence ...
Gangs of New York covers the expansive history of both disorganized and organized crime in Manhattan, for the most part taking place in the Five Points and Bowery region of the island, all the way into the new century, which saw the death of the gangster and the birth of the mobster.
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Budget. $97-100 million [4] [5] Box office. $193.8 million [5] Gangs of New York is a 2002 American historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury 's 1927 book The Gangs of New York. [6] The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron ...
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- Howard Shore
- December 20, 2002
This is a list of identities referenced in Herbert Asbury's 1928 book The Gangs of New York including underworld figures, gang members, crime fighters and others of the Old New York era from the mid- to late 19th and early 20th century.
NamePortraitLifeCaptain Anthony J. Allaire1820–1903Head of the Eighteenth police precinct, ...Detective Charles Becker1869–1915Police detective who, as head of the ...Inspector Thomas F. Byrnes1842–1910Police chief and head of the NYPD ...1822–1896Civil servant whose appointment by ...Jul 1, 2008 · WHAT THIS IS: This is a book about: early brutal gang warfare, during a time in the 19th century where gangs literally swarmed all over New York City; blow-by-blow bloody battles and legendary gang fighters in a city virtually in the grip of gangs -- leading to the creation of the NY City Police department; and the politically dominating ...
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- Herbert Asbury
- $15.39
- Vintage
Jan 1, 2002 · Points to the early era of New York when lawlessness reigned. Speaks of rival gangs that essentially ran a turf war of bribery, corruption, & bartering. The essential theme was this was the time of the great immigration to Ellis Island-namely the Irish vs the natives-those of German & Dutch descent who were already settled here.
Book 2. All Around the Town. by Herbert Asbury. 3.63 · 102 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1934 · 11 editions. The author of the New York Times best-seller The G…. Want to Read. Rate it: The Gangs of New York and All Around the Town.
