A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-century New York - Couverture rigide

Gilfoyle, Timothy J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393061906 ISBN 13 : 9780393061901

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2006

Synopsis

Meet George Appo, pickpocket, con man, mayor of underworld New York in the late nineteenth century. In Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the streets, addicts drifted in opium dens and swindlers worked the lucrative "green-goods" game. The child of Irish and Chinese immigrants, Appo rose as an exemplar of the "good fellow", a criminal who relied on wile, following a code of loyalty in his world of deception. Here is the New York that gave us Edith Wharton, Gangs of New York and the Brooklyn Bridge.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Timothy J. Gilfoyle is an acclaimed historian. His first book, City of Eros, won the prestigious Nevins Prize, awarded by the Society of American Historians. He is professor of history at Loyola University in Chicago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393061906
• ISBN 13: 9780393061901
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible