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Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-century New York
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Hardcover
from W W Norton & Co Inc (August 1, 2006); titled "A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-century New York"
9780393061901 | details & prices | 460 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.75 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $27.95
About: A portrait of professional con man and underworld figure George Appo traces his childhood in the notorious Five Points and Chinatown neighborhoods, his incarcerations in such prisons as the Tombs and Sing Sing, and his stint in the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where he was reunited with his inmate father.
About: A portrait of professional con man and underworld figure George Appo traces his childhood in the notorious Five Points and Chinatown neighborhoods, his incarcerations in such prisons as the Tombs and Sing Sing, and his stint in the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where he was reunited with his inmate father.
Paperback
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (August 1, 2007)
9780393329896 | details & prices | 460 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.94 lbs | List price $18.95
About: A portrait of professional con man and underworld figure George Appo traces his childhood in the notorious Five Points and Chinatown neighborhoods, his incarcerations in such prisons as the Tombs and Sing Sing, and his stint in the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where he was reunited with his inmate father.
About: A portrait of professional con man and underworld figure George Appo traces his childhood in the notorious Five Points and Chinatown neighborhoods, his incarcerations in such prisons as the Tombs and Sing Sing, and his stint in the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where he was reunited with his inmate father.