Gangsters of Harlem
Subtitle: the gritty underworld of New York's most famous neighborhood
By: Ron Chepesiuk
Publisher: Barricade Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Fort Lee, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781569803189
Subjects: Organized crime; Gangsters; Criminals; Drug traffic; History
Description: "For the first time, journalist Ron Chepesiuk provides a look at the underworld of the Big Apple's most famous neighborhood. Harlem was a highly fashionable white neighborhood in the late 1890s - but during the early twentieth century, East Harlem became the base for the Morello-Terranova gang, one of the first Italian American crime families."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-255) and index.