false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167539975m/24569.jpg 24569 7 <div>The Gangs of New York has long been hand-passed among its cult readership. It is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence cobbled, as Luc Sante has written, &#8220;from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, and solid historical research.&#8221; 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 films like The Godfather. &#8220;A universal history of infamy [that] contains all the confusion and cruelty of the barbarian cosmologies....&#8221;&#8212;Jorge Luis Borges &#8220;The tale is one of blood, excitement and debauchery.&#8221;&#8212;The New York Times Book Review &#8220;The Gangs of New York is one of the essential works of the city....&#8221;&#8212;Luc Sante, The New York Review of Books</div> 109057 1989 The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld total:461|5:66|4:161|3:168|2:58|1:8| 461 1602 744 66 5 2 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 07:23:21 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 08:13:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 16:19:11 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 22:26:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 27 09:25:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:02:52 -0800 2009
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I of course came to this book only ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 08 19:20:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 09:10:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 19:20:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 21:00:48 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 10:30:01 -0800 2008 Gangs Of New York is the history of New York gangs from the early 1800's to the 1920's. When I first read the book in college, the library had to order it from another library and I had to sign an agreement to check the book out. Copies were r...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Dec 19 07:29:55 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 07:30:39 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 07 13:19:08 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 13:21:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Dec 18 19:25:37 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 11:12:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Feb 17 07:59:57 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:01:33 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 10:58:24 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 10:59:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 18:11:08 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 14 21:16:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24569