Synopsis This acclaimed history of New York concentrates on the city's dark underside, particularly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A gifted writer with a lucid yet lyrical style, Sante brings an incredible secret history to life. He writes of saloons frequented only by street urchins under the age of twelve, of waterfront hotels with trapdoors in the floor for the easy disposal of bodies, and of a host of other factoids that he unearthed during years of research in dusty municipal archives.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1992-10-01 | | Series: | Vintage Departures | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 414 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 16.0 oz |
Publisher's Note From opium dens to the Bowery's suicide saloons, this lively, learned work of outlaw urban history ushers readers through the dark heart of New York City in the years between 1840 and 1919. "A systematic, well-researched historical account of . . . corruption, vice, and miscellaneous mayhem . . . well-crafted and tightly written. Boston Globe. 63 photographs.
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