Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated From the Grip of Organized Crime
- ISBN-10
- 0814742467
- ISBN-13
- 9780814742464
- Series
- Gotham Unbound
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 329
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-08-01
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Authors
- James B. Jacobs, Coleen Friel, Robert Raddick
Description
Traces the influence of organized crime on New York City history
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- 2001-04-01
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- 2015-07-21
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