Herbert Asbury: The Gangs Of New York

Cover: 9780099436744 | The Gangs Of New York | Herbert Asbury | Taschenbuch | 366 S. | 2003

Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.

Sprache: Englisch

18,25 €

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Kategorien:

Beschreibung

The Gangs of New York is a tour through a now unrecognisable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence centred around the infamous slum of Five Points, with its rival Irish and American gangs. Cobbled from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, and solid historical research, this is a powerful account of New York City's tumultuos past. 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 cult films like The Godfather.

Über den Autor

Herbert Asbury was born into a strictly Methodist family in Missouri in 1889. His pious background and his subsequent rejection of Methodism greatly influenced both his philosophy of life and his career as reporter and author. Indeed, many of his books deal with the darker, seamier side of American life. He is best know for his true crime books set in the 19th and early 20th century America. He died in 1963 of chronic lung problems, the legacy of a gas-attack in France during the first World War.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2003
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	366 S.
ISBN-13:	9780099436744
ISBN-10:	0099436744
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Asbury, Herbert
Hersteller:	Cornerstone
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	198 x 128 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Herbert Asbury
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.01.2003
Gewicht:	0,27 kg