![]() ![]() Ironically it's just as the neighborhood begins its gradual state of decline. But the book really starts to take off when we get to the 1950s and the rise of the black crime figures. It's some of the same material I've seen in other places. The early part of the book deals with the Mafia activity in the 1920s and '30s. The book is a good overall picture of the various criminal elements that have held sway over the legendary Manhattan neighborhood. I just finished the new book by Ron Chepesiuk, Gangsters of Harlem. Lee across the GW Bridge, has been putting out mob books on topics other than Al Capone and John Gotti. My publisher, Barricade Books, based out of Ft. Mark's Place that had a picture of a machine gun-toting gangster with the caption, "New York City, Family owned and operated since 1920." So true. New York has always been the epicenter of the American gangster scene. ![]()
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