The gangs of New York : an informal history of the underworld

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General Note:	Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-356) and index.
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The Gangs of New York : An Informal History of the Underworld

by Asbury, Herbert

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Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Foreword Russell Shorto	p. xi
	Introduction	p. xiii
I	The Cradle of the Gangs	p. 1
II	Early Gangs of the Bowery and Five Points	p. 19
III	Sin Along the Water Front	p. 42
IV	River Pirates	p. 57
V	The Killing of Bill the Butcher	p. 79
VI	The Police and Dead Rabbit Riots	p. 92
VII	The Draft Riots	p. 108
VIII	The Draft Riots (Continued)	p. 135
IX	When New York Was Really Wicked	p. 158
X	The King of the Bank Robbers	p. 185
XI	The Whyos and Their Times	p. 206
XII	Kingdoms of the Gangs	p. 228
XIII	The Prince of Gangsters	p. 253
XIV	The Wars of the Tongs	p. 277
XV	The Last of the Gang Wars	p. 302
XVI	The Passing of the Gangster	p. 321
	Slang of the Early Gangsters	p. 349
	Bibliography	p. 355
	Index	p. 357