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Title Rogues' gallery [electronic resource] : the birth of modern policing and organized crime in Gilded Age New York / John Oller.
Author Oller, John, author.
Publication Info. [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2021]
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Contents Prologue. Forming the picture -- Making a name -- A cop is born -- Heist of the century -- The third degree -- King of the bank robbers -- Queen of the fences -- A star cop is born -- The great detective -- "Too much for our police" -- "Fredericka the Great" -- "Wired" -- "Either the Whyos or I must go" -- Better than Scotland Yard -- "Every crime here has its price" -- Paying tribute -- A world stuffed with sawdust--and blue with perjury -- Busted -- One rough rider -- "To hell with reform" -- The man in the straw hat -- The postman rang twice -- "How strange is public opinion" -- Return of the gangs -- Skating -- Up the river -- "Send for the dago!" -- The newcomer -- The Black Hand -- Endings
Performer Read by Steve Marvel.
Summary "From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment in the bustling streets of Old New York"-- Provided by publisher.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2021 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject New York (N.Y.). Police Department -- History -- 19th century.
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
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Related To Online version: Oller, John. Rogues' gallery [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2021] 9781524745677 (DLC) 2020051816
ISBN 9780593457726 ODA (electronic audio bk.)