The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo: With Related Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Through the colorful autobiography of pickpocket and con man George Appo, Timothy Gilfoyle brings to life the opium dens, organized criminals, and prisons that comprised the rapidly changing criminal underworld of late nineteenth-century America. The book's introduction and supporting documents, which include investigative reports and descriptions of Appo and his world, connect A More »