New York City Gangland

by Arthur Nash

Book Overview

Throughout the United States, there is no single major metropolitan area more closely connected to organized crime than New York City.

With the federal prohibition on alcohol in 1920, Gotham's shadowy underworld began evolving from strictly regional and often rag-tag street gangs into a sophisticated worldwide syndicate that was--like the chocolate egg cr?me--incubated within the confines of its five boroughs. New York City...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738573140
• ISBN13: 9780738573144
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"