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Gangster of New York

A Violent Life in Nineteenth Century America

AvAndrew Wender Cohen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This is the story of Louis Bieral, a nineteenth-century gangster, politician, sportsman, and Civil War hero. Kidnapped from his birthplace in revolutionary South America, he doused fires in Jacksonian New York, battled Sumatran pirates with the US Navy, and panned for California gold. As a crime boss, he raced horses, boxed champions, and ran brothels. Yet Bieral's adventurous life was also steeped in the brutality of his time. He befriended rowdies like 'Butcher' Bill Poole, returned fugitives like Anthony Burns to slavery, and assaulted abolitionists such as Richard Henry Dana. As a Union officer, Bieral won fame in battle. He was a Gilded-age bodyguard for 'Boss' Tweed, William Seward, and Jim Fisk, becoming a suspect in that tycoon's murder. From the docks of Valparaíso to the dining room of Delmonico's to the cells of Auburn Prison, Bieral's remarkable journey illustrates the violence that bound nineteenth-century America together.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-04
Mått:163 x 230 x 25 mm
Vikt:509 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
Antal sidor:254
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009710596

Utforska kategorier

Brottslighet och kriminologi inom Samhälle och politik
Rättshistoria inom Juridik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Andrew Wender Cohen is a professor of history at Syracuse University. He is the author of two books, Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century (2015) and The Racketeer's Progress: Chicago and the Struggle for the Modern American Economy, 1900–1940 (2004). He has held fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study.

Recensioner i media

'Gangster of New York tells a tale that would challenge today's best mystery writers. Kidnapped from his native Chile by a whaling captain, Louis Bieral survived the mean streets of Manhattan, joined toughs in beating abolitionist Richard Henry Dana Jr., and later toured the globe with former Secretary of State William Henry Seward. In Andrew Wender Cohen's capable hands, Bieral's complicated and contradictory world and career are restored to life in this fascinating and elegantly crafted account.' Douglas R. Egerton, author of A Man on Fire: The Worlds of Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Revolutions; 2. Round the World; 3. One of the B'hoys; 4. The Fancy; 5. Golden Year; 6. The Brown Man; 7. Spanish Lewy; 8. Gory Vision; 9. Reconstruction; 10. Old Soldier.