The Gangs Of New York

Herbert Asbury (author)

Paperback Published on: 02/01/2003

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A gripping account of murder and mayhem

Originally published in the 1920’s, The Gangs of New York is a fascinating and bloody account of almost a hundred years of lawlessness, robbery, piracy, ri... READ MORE

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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.

Publisher: Cornerstone
ISBN: 9780099436744
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 266g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm