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Herbert Asbury

Author of The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld

Also known as: Herbert Asbury, Herbert Ashbury

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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld 695 copies, 7 reviews
The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld 142 copies
The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld 122 copies, 1 review
The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld… 99 copies, 1 review
All Around the Town: The Sequel to the Gangs of New York 28 copies
Sucker's Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America 27 copies
Up from Methodism: A Memoir of a Man Gone to the Devil 10 copies
The devil of Pei-Ling 4 copies
The Great Illusion: An Informal History of Prohibition 3 copies
A Methodist saint; the life of Bishop Asbury 2 copies
YE OLDE FIRE LADDIES 1 copy
Chicago: Gem of the Prairie 1 copy
The Bon Vivant's Companion or How to Mix Drinks 1 copy
Not at night! 1 copy

Tick of the clock 1 copy

Carry Nation -- The Woman with the Hatchet 1 copy

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1889-09-01 [1889]

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1963-02-24 [1963]

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Edith Evans Asbury (spouse)

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