The Gangs Of New York Paperback / softback
by Herbert Asbury
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
Cobbled from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, and solid historical research, this is a powerful account of New York City's tumultuos past.
Asbury presents the definitive work on this subject, an illumination of the gangs of old New York that ultimately gave rise to the modern Mafia and its depiction in cult films like The Godfather.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Cornerstone
- Publication Date:02/01/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780099436744
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:Cornerstone
- Publication Date:02/01/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780099436744