All Around the Town : Murder, Scandal, Riot and Mayhem in Old New York
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| Autore: |
Asbury Herbert
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| Titolo: |
All Around the Town : Murder, Scandal, Riot and Mayhem in Old New York
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| Pubblicazione: | San Francisco : , : Hauraki Publishing, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (190 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 974.71 |
| Soggetto topico: | History |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | All Around the Town |
| ISBN: | 9781786259660 |
| 1786259664 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910156450203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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