The Gangs Of New York : An Informal History Of The Underworld

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910156451703321
• Autore: Asbury Herbert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco : , : Hauraki Publishing, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-78625-969-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 pages)
• Disciplina: 364.1/06/097471
• Soggetti: Gangs; Criminals; Crime
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I-THE CRADLE OF THE GANGS -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- CHAPTER II-EARLY GANGS OF THE BOWERY AND FIVE POINTS -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- CHAPTER III-SIN ALONG THE WATER FRONT -- CHAPTER IV-RIVER PIRATES -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- CHAPTER V-THE KILLING OF BILL THE BUTCHER -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- CHAPTER VI-THE POLICE AND DEAD RABBIT RIOTS -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- CHAPTER VII-THE DRAFT RIOTS -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- CHAPTER VIII-THE DRAFT RIOTS Continued -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- CHAPTER IX-WHEN NEW YORK WAS REALLY WICKED -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- CHAPTER X-THE KING OF THE BANK ROBBERS -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- CHAPTER XI-THE WHYOS AND THEIR TIMES -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- CHAPTER XII-KINGDOMS OF THE GANGS -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- CHAPTER XIII-THE PRINCE OF GANGSTERS -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- CHAPTER XIV-THE WARS OF THE TONGS -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- CHAPTER XV-THE LAST OF THE GANG WARS -- 1 -- 2 -- CHAPTER XVI-THE PASSING OF THE GANGSTER -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- SLANG OF THE EARLY GANGSTERS -- AN EXAMPLE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.