Gangland New York: the places and faces of mob history

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Starring the organized crime dens and murder scenes of the Rotten Apple, this book details New York's underworld through the places where mobsters lived, worked, ate, played, and died. From the Bowery Boys and the Five Points Gang through the Italian Mafia, New York City's mobsters have always lurked just around the corner.;Introduction; chapter one the rise and fall of the five points (1800 to 1895); chapter two the sicilian avengers; chapter three the eastmans versus the five pointers; chapter four tales of bloody angle; chapter five the rise of the jewish gangster; chapter six "mio figlio!"; chapter seven the war of the bosses; chapter eight the rise of "the combination"; chapter nine "this is for you, frank"; chapter ten "blood on the street"; chapter eleven paddy whackers and black caesars; chapter twelve bugs for fat tony-bullets for dai lo; chapter thirteen gotti's gamble Introduction chapter one the rise and fall of the five points (1800 to 1895) chapter two the sicilian avengers chapter three the eastmans versus the five pointers chapter four tales of bloody angle chapter five the rise of the jewish gangster chapter six "mio figlio!" chapter seven the war of the bosses chapter eight the rise of "the combination" chapter nine "this is for you, frank" chapter ten "blood on the street" chapter eleven paddy whackers and black caesars chapter twelve bugs for fat tony-bullets for dai lo chapter thirteen gotti's gamble Chapter fourteen the dead who knew brooklynchapter fifteen the last lunch chapter sixteen a late lunch-bonanno style chapter seventeen a borough to die for chapter eighteen a quiet place to dine, drink, and die chapter nineteen tales of the old and new mobs chapter twenty princely palaces and unmarked graves epilogue historic roll call acknowledgments notes bibliography index