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PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-101560252758
ISBN-139781560252757
eBay Product ID (ePID)916868

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Edition2
Book TitleGangs of New York : an Informal History of the Underworld
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicUnited States / State & Local / General, Criminology, Sociology / Urban
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorHerbert Asbury
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight16.6 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-046256
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal364.1/06/097471
Edition DescriptionMovie Tie-In,Reprint
SynopsisAsbury presents 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. Published to coincide with the release of Martin Scorcese's film, Gangs of New York, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Photos & illustrations., 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
LC Classification NumberHV6439.U7N4 2001

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