New York City Gangland

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

Throughout the United States, there is no single major metropolitan area more closely connected to organized crime than New York City.

With the federal prohibition on alcohol in 1920, Gotham's shadowy underworld began evolving from strictly regional and often rag-tag street gangs into a sophisticated worldwide syndicate that was—like the chocolate egg crème—incubated within the confines of its five boroughs.New York City Ganglandoffers an unparalleled collection of rarely circulated images, many appearing courtesy of exclusive law enforcement sources, in addition to the private albums of notorious racketeering figures such as Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Al "Scarface" Capone, Joe "The Boss" Masseria, "Crazy" Joe Gallo, and John Gotti.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738573144
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/02/2010
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Arthur Nash is a freelance archivist and a major contributor of historical objects to the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D.C., as well as the Las Vegas Museum of Law Enforcement and Organized Crime, also known as the MOB Museum. In 2006, Nash introduced "MADE In America," the first public exhibition addressing gangland's enduring impact on our nation's pop culture. He currently resides at the landmark Hotel Chelsea in New York City.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Rags to Riches: Lessons of Prohibition 9

2 Blood on Velvet: Making Crime Pay 29

3 Guns and Gelt: The Kosher Nostra 41

4 Causing a Racket: The Mob Branches Out 65

5 Overexposed: Faces of Apalachin 89

6 The Godfather Game: Gangland Jumps the Shark 107

Editorial Reviews

New York City gangsters support themselves stealing, killing, and creating mayhem. Crime historian and archivist Arthur Nash earns his living researching and writing about the bad guys. Those pursuit dovetail in Nash's new Images of America pictorial history of New York City mobsters. The NYC underworld surfaces as you've never seen it.