Monk Eastman

Author : Neil Hanson
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 030759436X
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monk Eastman written by Neil Hanson and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate biography as well as an epic history, Monk Eastman vividly recounts the life and times of old New York’s most infamous gangster-cum-soldier as he made his way from the sooty streets and dingy saloons of the Lower East Side to the battlefields of the Western Front. Born in 1873 to a respectable New York family, Monk was running wild in Manhattan’s rough Lower East Side by the age of eighteen. He found work as a bouncer—when the saloon owner first turned him down because he had two bouncers already, Monk beat them both up and was promptly hired in their place. He soon developed a loyal following of immigrant toughs, and by 1900, he was the most feared gang leader in lower Manhattan, protected by corrupt politicians and crooked cops, and commanding an army of two thousand pickpockets, thieves, prostitutes, and thugs. But changing neighborhood demographics and shifting political fortunes colluded against Monk: after a pitched battle with Pinkerton detectives, he was sent to Sing Sing on a ten-year sentence, and his territory quickly slipped from his grasp. In 1917, no longer safe from the law—or from rival gangs—Monk joined the New York National Guard. As a gangster, he’d been the equivalent of a general; as an enlisted man, Monk was just another private. After several months of combat training, Monk’s division of Brooklyn recruits was thrown headlong into the bitter trench warfare in Europe. His experience in gangland combat served him well: he was repeatedly cited by his superiors for his bravery and he received a hero’s welcome back in New York and an offical pardon from the governor. But Monk’s gangland past was not so easily erased and caught up with him in the end. In Neil Hanson’s able hands, Monk’s unique and compelling story becomes an emblem of a time of upheaval—for New York and for the nation. From the Hardcover edition.

Author : Neil Hanson
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1620878151
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heroic Gangster written by Neil Hanson and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life and contributions of the feared gang leader in lower Manhattan who served a ten-year sentence in Sing Sing, before he joined the National Guard and risked his life for his fellow soldiers.

Author : Renée Levine Packer
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 158046534X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gay Guerrilla written by Renée Levine Packer and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling portrait of composer-performer Julius Eastman's enigmatic and intriguing life and music.

Author : Neil Hanson
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1628735996
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heroic Gangster written by Neil Hanson and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monk Eastman was born in 1873 to a respectable New York family. By the age of eighteen he was running the streets of Lower Manhattan, first starting as a bouncer, and later as a gang leader who led an army of two thousand. He had both politicians and cops in his pocket and seemed untouchable. That all changed when he was sentenced to ten years at Sing Sing prison after several battles with Pinkerton detectives. He ended up losing all his territory and by the time he got out, realized that the streets were no longer safe enough for him to be around. With that, he immediately joined the New York National Guard, going from a street kingpin to a lowly private. Taking what he learned from the streets, Monk quickly proved himself, as his division was put on the front lines during the trench warfare of World War I. He came back to New York a hero and was given a governor’s pardon. He was back on top; but the real question was, would he be able to leave his past behind? This incredible story, told by Neil Hanson, relives for the reader the history of Monk Eastman, New York, and a pivotal point in our country’s history.

Author : Herbert Asbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gangs of New York written by Herbert Asbury and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Albert Fried
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231096836
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America written by Albert Fried and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Fried recalls the rise and fail of an underworld culture that bred some of America's most infamous racketeers, bootleggers, gamblers, and professional killers, spawned by a culture of vice and criminality on New York's Lower East Side and similar environments in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Detroit, Newark, and Philadelphia. The author adds an important dimension to this story as he discusses the Italian gangs that teamed up with their Jewish counterparts to form multicultural syndicates. The careers of such high-profile figures as Meyer Lansky, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, and "Dutch" Schultz demonstrate how these gangsters passed from early manhood to old age, marketed illicit goods and services after the repeal of Prohibition, improved their system of mutual cooperation and self-governance, and grew to resemble modern business entrepreneurs. A new afterword brings to a close the careers of the Jewish gangsters and discusses how their image is addressed in selected books since the 1980s. Fried also examines the impact of films such as The Godfather series, Once Upon a Time in America, and Bugsy.

Author : Thomas Hunt
Publisher : Thomas Hunt
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gangsters of NYC's Lower East Side written by Thomas Hunt and published by Thomas Hunt. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalists Craig Thompson and Allen Raymond in 1940 wrote that “...the lower East Side of Manhattan in the first twenty years of the twentieth century was the greatest breeding ground for gunmen and racketeers, since risen to eminence, that this country has ever seen...” Conditions in the pre-Prohibition twentieth century Lower East Side certainly fueled an explosion in gangs and racketeering. Such underworld giants as Meyer Lansky, Louis “Lepke” Buchalter and Salvatore “Charlie Luciano” Lucania were products of that overcrowded and hard environment. But that was just a small part of the area’s underworld history. In this issue, Informer presents a collection of articles representing the seedy and bloody gangland history of the Lower East Side. Material spans many decades of Manhattan’s history. Related article subjects: ∙ End of the Whyos gang. ∙ Historic Photo: Bandits' Roost. ∙ John H. McGurk and Bowery's "Suicide Hall." ∙ The death and life of hoodlum/hero Monk Eastman. ∙ NYC's first Mafia boss? ∙ Italian gang chief with an Irish name: Paul Kelly. ∙ Sai Wing Mock and the New York "Tong Wars." ∙ Frank Lanza's New York firms may have been Mafia fronts. ∙ In search of "Johnny Spanish." ∙ Racketeering future was molded in young Meyer Lansky's neighborhood. ∙ "Death Avenue": Second Avenue, 1910-1924. ∙ 1964 narcotics report included mobster bios. In addition, the issue includes these articles: ∙ New facts about 1928 Mafia conventioneers. ∙ "Bill the Butcher" wasn't from the Five Points. ∙ New and recent true crime book releases. ∙ Looking back from 2023: 150, 100, 75, 50, 5 years ago. Contributors to this issue: Thomas Hunt, Justin Cascio, Patrick Downey, Michael O'Haire, Steve Turner, Matt Ghiglieri.

Author : Ron Arons
Publisher : Barricade Books
ISBN 13 : 9781569801536
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jews of Sing Sing written by Ron Arons and published by Barricade Books. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once Ron Arons was over the shock of learning that his great-grandfather had done a 'stretch' in the famed sing sing prison, he embarked on a journey to learn more about his ancestor and how he landed in jail. What he discovered was that between 1880 and 1950 there were thousands of Jews behind bars at Sing Sing, for crimes ranging from incest to arson to selling air rights over Manhattan. The Jews of Sing Sing is the first book to fully expose the scope of Jewish criminality over the past 160 years, and it features famous gangsters like Lepke Buchalter.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weekly World News written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-08-20 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in the creative success of over 30 years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the Weekly World News has been the world's only reliable news source since 1979. The online hub www.weeklyworldnews.com is a leading entertainment news site.

Author : Ilana Abramovitch
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584650034
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jews of Brooklyn written by Ilana Abramovitch and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2002 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 40 historians, folklorists, and ordinary Brooklyn Jews present a vivid, living record of this astonishing cultural heritage. 150 illustrations. Map.