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Cargando... Gangs de Nueva York : bandas y bandidos de la Gran Manzana (1800-1925) (1928)por Herbert Asbury
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Really needs an overall narrative or sociological argument/insight to tie everything together. As it is, a series of repetitive anecdotes with very few having the sort of interesting detail to make them stand out. ( ) I love to read about the squalid splendor of old New York, of the Five Points, the Bowery, of its sexology and night life. Alas and alack, those topics left their cards but didn't stay in this account of gangland during a century ending about 1925. Concentrations here include street fighting, assassins, and turf wars, topics which are tangential at best to my reading interests. Further descent came from a chapter mostly devoted to the tools and techniques one might need to enter a bank vault and two longish chapters narrating the 1863 draft riots, an event which the author admits has almost no nexus with the gangs, save that many of the participants were members of gangs. The author occasionally deploys a tongue-in-cheek whimsy to good effect, but overall his style is competent but plodding. The book details the rise and fall of 19th century gangs in New York City, prior to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia during Prohibition in the 1920s. Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys of the Bowery and the Five Points district of Lower Manhattan, the book evokes the destitution and violence of a turbulent era, when colorfully named criminals like "Dandy" Johnny Dolan, William Poole (also known as Bill the Butcher), and Hell-Cat Maggie lurked in the shadows, and infamous gangs including the Plug Uglies, Dead Rabbits, and Bowery Boys ruled the streets. It includes a rogues' gallery of prostitutes, pimps, poisoners, pickpockets, murderers, and thieves. The book contains detailed accounts of the New York City draft riots in 1863. It also elaborates on numerous other criminal influences of the time, including river pirates and the corrupt political establishment such as Tammany Hall.[1] A raucous history of the early 19th century underbelly of New York City, replete with accounts of brutal gang warfare and Boss Tweed-era Tammany Hall political machination. Dime-novel storytelling, not actual history. A mostly riveting, edge-of-your-seat account of lowlife Americana: lots of whisky, fisticuffs, brick-throwing, and bullets from the corrupt NYPD. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Referencias a esta obra en fuentes externas. Wikipedia en inglés (208)Obra original y muy peculiar en su enfoque: una historia de los orígenes y los primeros años del crimen organizado en una ciudad como Nueva York, y eso lo convirtió muy pronto en un libro de culto, de gran utilidad para conocer aspectos poco divulgados de la ciudad y repleto de datos curiosos. Esta es la obra en la que se basa la película del mismo nombre que ha rodado el director estadounidense Martín Scorsese, con un reparto de lujo: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Díaz y Daniel Day-Levis. Para quienes quieran conocer a un nuevo escritor y una mirada insólita sobre Nueva York No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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