Description: Pub by Alfred A. Knopf, 1942, stated 1st Edition. Good or better cond. hardcover, dj. tape on dj, some foxing, Ex-Library copy, o/w book is complete & intact. Light exterior wear. Internally G+ cond. 324pp + xvi pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall G or better (exLib) cond. Herbert Asbury (September 1, 1891 – February 24, 1963) was an American journalist and writer best known for his books detailing crime during the 19th and early-20th centuries, such as Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, Sucker's Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America and The Gangs of New York. The 2002 film Gangs of New York by director Martin Scorsese about the underworld and civil strife / riots among immigrant groups from the 1840s to the Civil War era revitalized interest in Asbury, and many of Asbury's works, mostly chronicling the largely hidden history of the seamier side of American popular culture, have been reissued. In 2008, The Library of America selected an excerpt from The Gangs of New York for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Herbert Asbury
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Topic: Informal History of Americas First Oil Field Pennsylvania
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1942
