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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.
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Life in mid-19 century New York was tough, and violence and corruption were rife. Two gangs, the Dead Rabbits and the Native Americans, were locked in an endless battle for supremacy. Amsterdam Vallon, son of the Rabbits' murdered leader, is seeking vengeance for his father's death at the hands of Bill 'The Butcher'.
Title: The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld [used book]
ISBN Number: 0099436744
ISBN-13: 9780099436744
Location Published: UK, Arrow Books: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Good
Size: B-format
Kg: 1.00 Kg
Type: Book
Categories: U.S.A., Underworld, Gangs & Organised Crime
Seller ID: 000987
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