| The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld - An Informal History of the Underworld
(1998)
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| Book Details |
| Author |
| Herbert Asbury |
| Borges, Jorge Luis |
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| Genre |
History |
| Subject |
Gangs |
| Publication Date |
10/10/2001 |
| Format |
Paperback (210
x
140
mm)
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| Publisher |
Thunder's Mouth Press |
| Language |
eng |
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| Plot |
| Published to coincide with the release of Martin Scorsese's film, Gangs of New York, starring Leonard DiCaprio, The Gangs of New York has long been hand-passed among its cult readership. It is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence cobbled, as Luc Sante has written, from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, and solid historical research. 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 films like The Godfather. |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
HV6439.U7N4 2001 |
| Dewey |
364.1/06/097471 |
| ISBN |
1560252758 |
| Cover Price |
$14.95 |
| Nr of Pages |
420 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Original Details |
| Original Publication Year |
1998 |
| Notes |
| Previously published: New York : Paragon House, 1990. |
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