The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of… by Herbert Asbury · Audiobook preview

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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the New York Underworld
Authored by Herbert Asbury
Narrated by Peter Lerman

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

This is the 1927 book that years later inspired the movie of the same name. It is a book about criminal violence, corrupt politics and police, and illicit sex. The City of New York, from the late colonial period up to the early twentieth century, was a bustling hub of commerce, industry, and immigration. For many the city was the gateway to a new life in America, and for many others it was a place to steal a buck from their fellow New Yorkers and visitors to the city with thievery, fraud, and vice—in neighborhoods such as the Five Points, the Bowery, Hells Kitchen, and the Water Front.

These are the stories of the infamous criminals of the era—the many vicious gangs and their “specialties.” At many times in the city’s history the notoriously corrupt police force was just another gang. The crooked political machines, including the infamous Tammany Hall, cast a blind eye towards all sorts of gambling dens, dance halls, houses of ill repute, sellers of illegal liquor and drugs, pickpockets, brawlers, murderers, lewd performances, and more. No one was safe, and it took until the twentieth century for the City of New York to become a place where rampant criminality was (somewhat) under control.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Herbert Asbury (1891–1963) was an American journalist and writer best known for his books detailing crime during the nineteenth and early–twentieth centuries, such as The Gangs of New York (later adapted for film as Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York in 2002), Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, and Sucker’s Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: Peter Lerman
Published on: November 14, 2023
ISBN: 9798212911641
Duration: 12 hr, 24 min
Genres: History / General, History / United States / 19th Century, History / United States / 20th Century, History / United States / General, History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)