The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury

The Gangs of New York

Herbert Asbury with Jorge Luis Borges (Contributor)

366 pages paperback 1927

5 editions

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nonfiction crime history true crime dark informative slow-paced
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Long hand-pressed among a cult readership, The Gangs of New York is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence cobbled, as Luc Sante has written, "from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements...

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