The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the New York Underworld - Couverture rigide

Asbury, Herbert

 
9780880294294: The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the New York Underworld
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ISBN 10 : 0880294299 ISBN 13 : 9780880294294
Editeur : Hippocrene Books, 1989

Synopsis

Book by Asbury Herbert

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. "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

Présentation de l'éditeur

The basis of Martin Scorcese's acclaimed 2003 film, The Gangs of New York is a dramatic and entertaining glimpse at a city's dark past.

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 gangs like the Plug Uglies, the Dead Rabbits, and the Bowery Boys ruled the streets. A rogues' gallery of prostitutes, pimps, poisoners, pickpockets, murderers, and thieves, Herbert Asbury's whirlwind tour through the low life of nineteenth-century New York has become an indispensible classic of urban history.

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Éditeur
Hippocrene Books
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0880294299
ISBN 13 
9780880294294
Reliure
Relié
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780307388988: The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0307388980 ISBN 13 :  9780307388988
Editeur : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008
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