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A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City's Lower East Side

2009-06-16 Photography
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Release : 2009-06-16
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Book Synopsis A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City's Lower East Side by : Eric Ferrara

Download or read book A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City's Lower East Side written by Eric Ferrara. This book was released on 2009-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York's Lower East Side is the birthplace of everything from organized crime to anarchist movements. In the nineteenth century, an influx of struggling immigrants seeking opportunity met the harsh realities of industrialization. Poverty and squalor fueled a vicious battle for power and political clout. Local historian Eric Ferrara reveals the wicked history of America's most infamous neighborhood, where the abounding graffiti is a testament to the soul and spirit of the slum.

Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of the Lower East Side

2008-06-26
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Book Synopsis Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of the Lower East Side by : Eric Ferrara

Download or read book Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of the Lower East Side written by Eric Ferrara. This book was released on 2008-06-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Self Guided Walking Tour! Some of the most infamous and influential gangsters, criminals, and characters in American history have called the Lower East Side home. This book traces the steps of some of the most colorful of these characters. Based on the popular walking tour of the same name (LowerEastSideTours.org)

Manhattan Mafia Guide

2010-09-10 True Crime
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Release : 2010-09-10
Genre : True Crime
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Book Synopsis Manhattan Mafia Guide by : Eric Ferrara

Download or read book Manhattan Mafia Guide written by Eric Ferrara. This book was released on 2010-09-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York City historian and author of The Bowery takes readers on a tour of New York’s infamous underworld in this revealing guide. During the early twentieth century, Sicilian and Southern Italian immigrants poured into New York City looking for a better life. But while they escaped the kind of poverty and persecution they experienced in the old country, they soon discovered that certain criminal enterprises followed them to America. Over the years, the island of Manhattan would become a hotbed of organized crime and underworld intrigue. It’s a version of the city that remains invisible to most visitors—until now. In this revealing tour of New York City’s mafia history, Eric Ferrara gives readers an insider’s look at how the mob lived—and where they died. Ferrara goes inside mafia hangouts from the Copacabana to Milady’s Bar and the Thompson Street Social Club. He vividly recounts infamous episodes in the lives of famous mafia men, like Charlie “Lucky” Luciano and Joey Gallo, as well as more obscure players who will be new to most readers. From the beginnings of Black Hand criminal networks to the reign of an all-powerful organized crime syndicate, Manhattan Mafia Guide offers a fascinating look down New York City’s mean streets.

Ghosts and Murders of Manhattan

2013-07-29 True Crime
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Release : 2013-07-29
Genre : True Crime
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Book Synopsis Ghosts and Murders of Manhattan by : Elise Gainer

Download or read book Ghosts and Murders of Manhattan written by Elise Gainer. This book was released on 2013-07-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the darker side of New York City history with this collection of stories and photos. Amid the bustle of the city’s ever-changing landscape, Manhattan’s past still whispers. At Fraunces Tavern, George Washington’s emotional farewell luncheon in 1783 echoes in the Long Room. Gertrude Tredwell’s ghost appears to visitors at the Merchant’s House Museum. Long since deceased, Olive Thomas shows herself to the men of the New Amsterdam Theatre, and Dorothy Parker still keeps her lunch appointment at the Algonquin Hotel. In other places, it is not the paranormal but the abnormal—violent acts by gangsters, bombers, and murderers that linger in the city’s memory. Some even believe that Jack the Ripper and the Boston Strangler hunted here. The historic images and true stories in Ghosts and Murders of Manhattan explores the people and events that shaped this city, and live in the shadows of its majestic skyline.

The East Village Mafia

2019-03-28 True Crime
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Release : 2019-03-28
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Book Synopsis The East Village Mafia by : Thomas F. Comiskey

Download or read book The East Village Mafia written by Thomas F. Comiskey. This book was released on 2019-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few New Yorkers are aware that the tenements and storefronts of the East Village, famous for Beat poetry, avant-garde art, and alternative rock music, were a stronghold of mafia racketeering, treachery, and intrigue for almost seventy years. From the 1920s to 1990, mob icons lived in or frequented the East Village, known as part of the Lower East Side until the mid-1960s. In The East Village Mafia, author Thomas F. Comiskey shares the history of this little-known Manhattan mafia enclave that wielded influence on the direction and destiny of organized crime in New York City, telling how: Mafia royalty Lucky Luciano, Joe "the Boss" Masseria, and Joseph Bonanno lived in or frequented the East Village; East Village-bred Mafiosi plotted the assassinations of five Cosa Nostra bosses; Lucky Luciano ordained the East Village to be one of the mafia’s major heroin distribution centers after World War II; A mobster from Avenue A conspired to sell the Vatican millions worth of bogus stocks and bonds, some forged in the East Village; A sit down in Mafia don Joseph Bonanno's favorite Social Club on East Twelfth Street determined control over a New Jersey hotel; and A federal agent from Avenue A and Fifteenth Street became the nemesis of mafia narcotics dealers.

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