Opening book details…
Can I read Low life : lures and snares of old New York on EtoBox?
Low life : lures and snares of old New York by Lucy Sante, Pablo Duarte is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Low life : lures and snares of old New York about?
<p><b>“A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves.” <br> </b><b>―John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review</b><br><br><b><br>Lucy Sante's <i>Low Life </i>is a portrait of America's greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. </b><br><br>This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city's slums; the teeming streets--scene of innumerable cons and crime
Who reads Low life : lures and snares of old New York?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lucy Sante, Pablo Duarte
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374528997
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Urban, Social History
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (1,702 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
More by Lucy Sante, Pablo Duarte
Browse all works by Lucy Sante, Pablo Duarte
Similar books
- The Snares of Death — Kate Charles
- Old New York — Edith Wharton (2022)
- New York City: Old and New — Carter Hayn (2011)
- New York City Old And New — Caroline D. Emerson (1932)
- City of Promise: A Novel of New York's Gilded Age (Old New York, #4) — Beverly Swerling (2011)
- New York : the novel — Edward Rutherfurd (2009)