Gangland New York: The Places and Faces of Mob History

Gangland New York: The Places and Faces of Mob History

Get a taste of New Yorkâ€™s underworld by seeing where mobsters lived, worked, ate, played, and died. From the Bowery Boys and the Five Points Gang through the rise of the Jewish â€œKosher Nostraâ€ and the ascendance of the Italian Mafia, mobsters have played a major role in the cityâ€™s history, lurking just around the corner or inside that nondescript building. Bill â€œthe Butcherâ€ Poole, Paul Kelly, Monk Eastman, â€œLuckyâ€ Luciano, Carlo Gambino, Meyer Lansky, Mickey Spillane, John Gottiâ€”each held sway over New York neighborhoods that nurtured them and gave them power. As families and factions fought for control, the city became a backdrop for crime scenes, the rackets spreading after World War II to docks, airports, food markets, and garment districts. The streets of Brooklyn, swamps of Staten Island, and vacant lots near LaGuardia Airport hosted assassinations and hasty burials for the unlucky. The bloodlettings, arrests, and trials became front-page fodder for tabloids that thrived on covering Mulberry Street. Chinese, Russian, and Greek mobsters rose to prominence and wrought bloody havoc as well. Each of the bookâ€™s five sectionsâ€”one for each boroughâ€”traces criminal activities and area exploits from the nineteenth century to now. Everyone knows about Umbertoâ€™s Clam House in Little Italy, but now you can find Scarpatoâ€™s restaurant in Coney Island where Joe Masseria was killed by henchmen of Salvatore Maranzano, who in turn died in a Park Avenue office building at the hands of â€œLuckyâ€ Luciano a few months later. From the Bronx to Brighton Beach, from New Springville to Ozone Park, here is a comprehensive, on-the-ground guide to mob life in the Rotten Apple.
Country USA
Brand Lyons Press
Manufacturer Lyons Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 103 black & white halftones, 3 maps
ReleaseDate 2015-07-01
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781493006007

Country	USA
Brand	Lyons Press
Manufacturer	Lyons Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	103 black & white halftones, 3 maps
ReleaseDate	2015-07-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781493006007

Gangland New York: The Places and Faces of Mob History

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