All Around the Town: Murder, Scandal, Riot and Mayhem in Old New York
Jul 2016 · Hauraki Publishing
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In the immediate sequel to The Gangs of New York, Herbert Asbury expands his purview beyond the Five Corners into a wonderful and surprising history of the whole city of New York.
All Around the Town brings to authentic life a memorable range of characters, grifters, murderers and madmen.
From "The Sawing-Off of Manhattan Island" to "The Wickedest Man in New York" to "The Flour Riot of 1837," these twenty-three lively and accessible accounts make for top-notch, eccentric popular history as told by a master.
All Around the Town brings to authentic life a memorable range of characters, grifters, murderers and madmen.
From "The Sawing-Off of Manhattan Island" to "The Wickedest Man in New York" to "The Flour Riot of 1837," these twenty-three lively and accessible accounts make for top-notch, eccentric popular history as told by a master.
In the immediate sequel to The Gangs of New York, Herbert Asbury expands his purview beyond the Five Corners into a wonderful and surprising history of the whole city of New York.
All Around the Town brings to authentic life a memorable range of characters, grifters, murderers and madmen.
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Herbert Asbury (1889-1963) was an American journalist and writer who is best known for his books detailing crime during the 19th and early 20th century such as Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld and The Gangs of New York, the latter of which was adapted for film as Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York in 2002.
Herbert Asbury (1889-1963) was an American journalist and writer who is best known for his books detailing crime during the 19th and early 20th century such as Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld...
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