Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New YorkLuc Sante's Low Life is a portrait of America's greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city's slums; the teeming streets--scene of innumerable cons and crimes whose cramped and overcrowded housing is still a prominent feature of the cityscape. |
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... 280 Arnold , George , 325 art and artists , xii - xiii , 59 , 282 , 321 – 28 Asbury ,
Herbert , xii , 138 , 232 , 351 Ash Can School , 329 Aslinger , Harry , 151
Association balls , 129 – 33 Astor , John Jacob , 346 Astor Place , 9 , 11 , 97 Astor
Place ...
... 331 Heart of Maryland , 115 Hedden , Thomas , 201 , 280 Heenan , Tom , 164
Heere Straat , De , 9 ; see also Broadway Heinrichs , Dutch , 216 Held , Anna , 94
, 129 Held , John , Jr . , xii Hell Gate , 116 Hell ' s Hundred Acres , ix , xiv Hell ' s ...
... Sheeny Mike , 216 Kalem , 103 Kean , Charles , 73 , 74 Kelly , Honest John (
politician ) , 26364 , 266 , 267 , 274 Kelly , Honest John ( saloonkeeper ) , 174
Kelly , Jew Dave , 317 Kelly , Paul , 217 , 221 , 223 , 224 Kelso , John , 240
Kemble ...
... 316 Mitchell , John Purroy , 176 , 232 Mitchell , Joseph , 45 , 132 Mitchell ' s
Olympic Theater , 79 - 80 Mizener , Wilson , 51 Mlle . New York , 330 – 31 Mock
Duck , 227 – 29 model housing , 35 , 44 Molasses Gang , 216 Monell , One -
Armed ...
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Comentariu Utilizator - datrappert - LibraryThingIt took me much longer than it should have to finish this book, because I was constantly putting it down to look up people on Wikipedia or to track down referenced books on Project Gutenberg or ... Citiți recenzia completă
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Comentariu Utilizator - EricCostello - LibraryThingA generally good book, with a handful of flaws. Sante, in this volume, gives an oversight of what New York City was like from roughly the 1830s to the end of World War I, going through various aspects ... Citiți recenzia completă
Cuprins
THE BODY | 3 |
HOME | 23 |
STREETS | 46 |
The Lights | 71 |
SALOON CULTURE | 104 |
Hop | 141 |
CHANCE | 152 |
THE TIGER | 251 |
SAINTHOOD | 278 |
The Invisible City | 301 |
CARNIVAL | 339 |
AFTERWORD | 363 |
A NOTE ON SOURCES | 381 |
NOTES | 391 |
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