num_pages: 366
description: The Gangs of New York has long been hand-passed among its cult readership. It is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence cobbled, as Luc Sante has written, "from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, and solid historical research." Asbury presents the definitive work on this subject, an illumination of the gangs of old New York that ultimately gave rise to the modern Mafia and its depiction in films like The Godfather.
language: English
title: The Gangs of New York
titlecomplete: The Gangs of New York
genres: American, New York, Historical, Crime, Media Tie In, American History, Classics, Nonfiction, True Crime, History
ratings_count: 3801
places: New York City, New York
series: The Gangs of New York
publisher: Basic Books