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Pages: 208
Authors: Timothy Gilfoyle
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-04 - Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

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Through the colorful autobiography of pickpocket and con man George Appo, Timothy Gilfoyle brings to life the opium dens, organized criminals, and prisons that
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Language: en
Pages: 479
Authors: Timothy J. Gilfoyle
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-07 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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"A true story more incredible than fiction." —Kevin Baker, author of Striver's Row In George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addi
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Urban History
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Authors: Timothy J. Gilfoyle
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Oxford Encyclopedias of Americ

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Urban History synthesizes three generations of urban historical scholarship, providing a thematic and chronological overview
The Gangs of New York
Language: en
Pages: 444
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The Stickup Kids
Language: en
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Authors: Randol Contreras
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Randol Contreras came of age in the South Bronx during the 1980s, a time when the community was devastated by cuts in social services, a rise in arson and aband