Five Points: the Nineteenth-Century New York City Neighborhood

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Description; About Tyler Anbinder; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Prologue 1: The Five Points Race Riot of 1834; Chapter One: The Making of Five Points; Prologue 2: Nelly Holland Comes to Five Points; Chapter Two: Why They Came; Prologue 3: "The Wickedest House on the Wickedest Street That Ever Existed"; Chapter Three: How They Lived; Prologue 4: The Saga of Johnny Morrow, The Street Peddler; Chapter Four: How They Worked; Prologue 5: "We Will Dirk Every Mother's Son of You!"; Chapter Five: Politics; Prologue 6: "This Phenomenon, 'Juba'"; Chapter Six: Play. Description About Tyler Anbinder Title Page Dedication Copyright Page Contents Introduction Prologue 1: The Five Points Race Riot of 1834 Chapter One: The Making of Five Points Prologue 2: Nelly Holland Comes to Five Points Chapter Two: Why They Came Prologue 3: "The Wickedest House on the Wickedest Street That Ever Existed" Chapter Three: How They Lived Prologue 4: The Saga of Johnny Morrow, The Street Peddler Chapter Four: How They Worked Prologue 5: "We Will Dirk Every Mother's Son of You!" Chapter Five: Politics Prologue 6: "This Phenomenon, 'Juba'" Chapter Six: Play. Prologue 7: The Bare-Knuckle Prizefight Between Yankee Sullivan and Tom HyerChapter Seven: Vice and Crime Prologue 8: "I Shall Never Forget This as Long as I Live": Abraham Lincoln Visits Five Points Chapter Eight: Religion and Reform Prologue 9: "HE NEVER KNEW WHEN HE WAS BEATEN" Chapter Nine: Riot Prologue 10: "The Boy Who Commands That Pretty Lot Recruited Them for the Seceshes" Chapter Ten: The Civil War and the End of an Era Prologue 11: "So It Was Settled That I Should go to America" Chapter Eleven: The Remaking of a Slum Prologue 12: "These 'Slaves of the Harp'" Chapter Twelve: ItaliansPrologue 13: "The Chinese Devil Man" Chapter Thirteen: Chinatown Chapter 14: The End of Five Points Notes Select Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Endnotes.