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Can I read The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld on EtoBox?
The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld by Herbert Asbury, Russell Shorto is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld about?
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, "from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, and solid historical research." 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
Who reads The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Herbert Asbury, Russell Shorto
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- 1928
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780880294294
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, History, Sociology
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (2,527 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld (2003)
- Everett's Story (Rough in the Saddle, #5) (2014)
- Банды Нью-Йорка: The gangs of New York (2004)
- Le gang di New York una storia informale della malavita (2003)
- ギャングオブニューヨーク = The gangs of New York (2003)
- Gangs de Nueva York : bandas y bandidos de la gran manzana (1800-1925) (2003)
