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The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: the Autobiography of George Appo

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The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: the Autobiography of George Appo( )
Author: Gilfoyle, Timothy
ISBN:978-1-319-24278-7
Publication Date:Dec 2018
Publisher:Bedford/Saint Martin's
Book Format:Ebook
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Through the colorful autobiography of pickpocket and con man George Appo, Timothy Gilfoyle brings to life the opium dens, organized criminals, and prisons that comprised the rapidly changing criminal underworld of late nineteenth-century America. The books introduction and supporting documents, which include investigative reports and descriptions of Appo and his world, connect Appos memoir to the larger story of urban New York and how and why crime changed during this period. It...
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