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<p>The basis of Martin Scorcese's acclaimed 2003 film, <i>The Gangs of New York</i> is a dramatic and entertaining glimpse at a city's dark past.</p><p>Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys of the Bowery and the notorious Five Points district, <i>The Gangs of New York</i> dramatically evokes the destitution and shocking violence of a turbulent era, when colorfully named criminals like Dandy John Dolan, Bill the Butcher, and Hell-Cat Maggie lurked in the shadows, and inf
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- Author
- Herbert Asbury; [with a new foreword by Russell Shorto]
- Publisher
- Thunder's Mouth Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307388988
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- True Crime, Fiction, Crime
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (206 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld (1928)
- 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)
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