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Asbury Herbert |
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All Around the Town : Murder, Scandal, Riot and Mayhem in Old New York |
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San Francisco : , : Hauraki Publishing, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (190 pages) |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- CHAPTER 1-THE ECCENTRIC CORNBURYS -- CHAPTER 2-FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS -- CHAPTER 3-THE GREAT ROCKING-CHAIR SCANDAL -- CHAPTER 4-THE BROOKLYN ENIGMA -- CHAPTER 5-THE QUEEN OF HACKENSACK -- CHAPTER 6-A LADY OF FASHION -- CHAPTER 7-THE BROOKLYN THEATER DISASTER -- CHAPTER 8-THE SAWING-OFF OF MANHATTAN ISLAND -- CHAPTER 9-THE PERSECUTION OF THE REVEREND DR. DIX -- CHAPTER 10-BIG WIND FROM KANSAS -- CHAPTER 11-OLD HAYS -- CHAPTER 12-THE WICKEDEST MAN IN NEW YORK -- CHAPTER 13-THE AMBITIOUS SHOEMAKER -- CHAPTER 14-THE GREAT FIRE OF 1835 -- CHAPTER 15-THE ESCAPE OF WILLIAM J. SHARKEY -- CHAPTER 16-THE ABOLITION RIOTS OF 1834 -- CHAPTER 17-WHEN THE PUNISHMENT FITTED THE CRIME -- CHAPTER 18-BRISTOL BILL, THE BURGLAR -- CHAPTER 19-THE FLOUR RIOT OF 1837 -- CHAPTER 20-SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE -- CHAPTER 21-HANDSOME JIM GULICK -- CHAPTER 22-"WHERE IS THY STING?" -- CHAPTER 23-TRIVIA -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER. |
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