| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2001046256 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1560252758 (pbk.) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
364.106097471 Asb |
| Item number |
9 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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36723 |
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36723 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
364.106097471 Asb |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Asbury, Herbert, frey50 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Gangs of New York : |
| Remainder of title |
an informal history of the underworld / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Herbert Asbury ; [foreword by Jorge Luis Borges]. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Thunder's Mouth Press ; |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
[Emeryville, CA] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Distributed by Publishers Group West |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
[2001] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 366 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Previously published: New York : Paragon House, 1990. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Foreword by Jorge Luis Borges -- Introduction -- Cradle of the gangs -- Early gangs of the Bowery and Five Points -- Sin along the water front -- River pirates -- Killing of Bill the Butcher -- Police and Dead Rabbit Riots -- Draft Riots -- When New York was really wicked -- King of the bank robbers -- Whyos and their times -- Kingdoms of the gangs -- Prince of gangsters -- Wars of the Tongs -- Last of the gang wars -- Passing of the gangster -- Slang of the early gangsters. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Gangs |
| Geographic subdivision |
New York (State) |
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New York. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
New York (N.Y.) |
| General subdivision |
Social conditions. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
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300 - 399 |
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364.106097471 Asb |
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9 |