THE FIRST of the gangs which terrorized New York at frequent intervals for almost a century were spawned in the dismal tenements that squatted in the miasmal purlieus of the Five Points area of the Bloody Ould Sixth Ward, which comprised, roughly, the territory bounded by Broadway, Canal street, the Bowery and Park Row, formerly Chatham street.
An edition of The Gangs of New York
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The gangs of New York
an informal history of the underworld
1st Vintage Books ed.
by Herbert Asbury
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Social conditions, Crime and criminals, Gangs, Criminals, Pandillas, Condiciones sociales, Crime, New york (n.y.), social conditions, Conditions sociales, Crime, united states, Criminals, united states, Spanish language materials, Delincuentes, Crimen organizado, Historia, Situación social, Delinquenza, New York, Storia, Criminalità organizzataPlaces
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