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The Gangs of New York :  an informal history of the underworld / 
by Herbert Asbury ; [foreword by Jorge Luis Borges]. 
 - New York :  [Emeryville, CA] :  Thunder's Mouth Press ;  Distributed by Publishers Group West  [2001] 
 - xvi, 366 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previously published: New York : Paragon House, 1990. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1560252758 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001046256 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gangs--New York (State)--New York.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.106097471 Asb   9