Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935

By Patrick Downey

Book Overview

Gangster City is an illustrated treasure trove of information about crime in New York from 1900 through the 1930s. During these years, some six hundred mob-connected individuals met their deaths by being shot, stabbed, garroted, or hacked into pieces. Told in depth are the exploits of such notorious killers are Jack Legs Diamond, cabaret entrepreneur Larry Fay, the sadistic Dutch Schultz, and the cold-blooded Coll gang.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569803617
• ISBN13: 9781569803615
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Barricade Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"