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Sinossi
Prostitute, borseggiatori, assassini, avvelenatori e ladri sono i protagonisti dell'epopea della criminalità newyorkese ricostruita da Asbury: un viaggio tra i bassifondi della Grande Mela prima ancora che diventasse la città dei grattacieli, tra la fine dell'Otto e l'inizio del Novecento. Un affresco pieno di episodi e personaggi memorabili che rievoca la miseria e la sconvolgente violenza di un'epoca turbolenta, nella quale criminali dai nomi fantasiosi come Dandy Johnny Dolan, Bill the Butcher, Hell-Cat Maggie l'Arpia erano costantemente in agguato nelle ombre dei vicoli di Five Points, regno per decenni delle opposte gang dei Dead Rabbits e dei Bowery Boys. Prefazione di Gabriele Romagnoli.
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- Pagine: 424
- Data di uscita: 23-07-2019
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Like its sister book Gangs of Chicago, Gangs of New York is an anecdotal history of the New York underworld in the 19th century from its nascence in the 1820's and 30's up until the the end of Tammany Hall and the corruption that sustained gang life as a New York institution. It's a history populate Leggi tutto
DNF 50% I just couldn't continue with this book. You'd think for a book about the history of gangs in NY, it would be really interesting, but it was so dull and dragging and there were so many commas. One moment you're in pre-civil war next your in the late 1800s and you're to keep guessing which ear Leggi tutto
Asbury’s Gangs of New York is a very long-winded, dry, and tedious account of my favorite period in New York City history. It’s absolutely not a title I would suggest anyone read for mere pleasure—as I habitually read this subject matter for fun and Asbury’s book was a slog to get through. I would h Leggi tutto
This was a huge struggle to get through. Each page was the same as the next just listing different crimes and violent acts. It just blurred into one long, lethargic 'can't wait to get to the end' book. I was actually so glad to finish it which is a very bad sign. If I love a book I actually mourn it Leggi tutto
Not a true history but rather a historical artifact. A look at the 1830s-1900 through the eyes of the 1920s. Dark, fascinating, appalling. I wish we could get closer to these people of mid-19thC NYC than a 1920s-based narrator. It was another world, one that was two or three generations more remote
Questo volume un’impostazione vera e propria non ce l’ha, i capitoli che trattano i vari argomenti sono stati composti piuttosto alla rinfusa, e anzi più di una volta alcuni paragrafi sarebbero stati maggiormente funzionali collocati in posti diversi. Sì, seguono una certa linea temporale, ma vengon Leggi tutto
The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury, written in 1928, is a great read for those who love to read stories about crime and criminals that took place in New York City, dating back to the early 1800's. The book starts with the chapter entitled “The Cradle of the Gangs,” which was the Five Points A Leggi tutto
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