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Gangster of New York : a violent life in nineteenth century America / Andrew Wender Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Andrew Wender, 1968- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bieral, Louis, 1814-1900.
- Bieral, Louis.
- Gangsters--United States.
- Gangsters.
- Crime--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Crime.
- United States--History--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.
- United States.
- New York (N.Y.)--History.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "This book details the life of a celebrated gangster and Civil War hero to show the ubiquity of violence in nineteenth-century America. It will appeal to students, scholars, and interested readers of true crime, biography, and nineteenth-century American history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Revolutions
- Round the world
- One of the b'hoys
- The fancy
- Golden year
- The brown man
- Spanish Lewy
- Gory vision
- Reconstruction
- Old soldier.
- ISBN:
- 9781009710619
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