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New York City Gangland

By Nash , Arthur

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2010
ISBN
9781439638712, 1439638713
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
37 MB (38755687 bytes)
Series
Images of America
Pages
(127 pages) : chiefly illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Criminals--New York (State)--New York;Gangsters--N

Description

Throughout the United States, there is no single major metropolitan area more closely connected to organized crime's rapid ascendancy on a national scale than New York City. In 1920, upon the advent of Prohibition, Gotham's shadowy underworld began evolving from strictly regional and often rag-tag street gangs into a sophisticated worldwide syndicate that was--like the chocolate egg crm̈e--incubated within the confines of its five boroughs. New York City Gangland offers an unparalleled collection of rarely circulated images, many appearing courtesy of exclusive law enforcement sources, in addition to the private albums of indigenous racketeering figures such as Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Al "Scarface" Capone, Joe "The Boss" Masseria, "Crazy" Joe Gallo, and John Gotti.

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