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All Around the Town: Murder, Scandal, Riot and Mayhem in Old New York

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In the immediate sequel to The Gangs of New York, Herbert Asbury expands his purview beyond the Five Corners into a wonderful and surprising history of the whole city of New York.

All Around the Town brings to authentic life a memorable range of characters, grifters, murderers and madmen.

From “The Sawing-Off of Manhattan Island” to “The Wickedest Man in New York” to “The Flour Riot of 1837,” these twenty-three lively and accessible accounts make for top-notch, eccentric popular history as told by a master.

Pages: 251

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Hauraki Publishing

Release: July 26, 2016

All Around the Town: Murder, Scandal, Riot and Mayhem in Old New York

0/5 ( ratings)

In the immediate sequel to The Gangs of New York, Herbert Asbury expands his purview beyond the Five Corners into a wonderful and surprising history of the whole city of New York.

All Around the Town brings to authentic life a memorable range of characters, grifters, murderers and madmen.

From “The Sawing-Off of Manhattan Island” to “The Wickedest Man in New York” to “The Flour Riot of 1837,” these twenty-three lively and accessible accounts make for top-notch, eccentric popular history as told by a master.

Pages: 251

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Hauraki Publishing

Release: July 26, 2016

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