Title Rogues' gallery : the birth of modern policing and organized crime in Gilded Age New York / John Oller.

Publication Info.	[New York, New York] : Dutton, [2021]
	©2021

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Description	xi, 511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prologue. Forming the picture -- Making a name -- A cop is born -- Heist of the century -- The third degree -- King of the bank robbers -- Queen of the fences -- A star cop is born -- The great detective -- "Too much for our police" -- "Fredericka the Great" -- "Wired" -- "Either the Whyos or I must go" -- Better than Scotland Yard -- "Every crime here has its price" -- Paying tribute -- A world stuffed with sawdust--and blue with perjury -- Busted -- One rough rider -- "To hell with reform" -- The man in the straw hat -- The postman rang twice -- "How strange is public opinion" -- Return of the gangs -- Skating -- Up the river -- "Send for the dago!" -- The newcomer -- The Black Hand -- Endings
Summary	"From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment in the bustling streets of Old New York"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	New York (N.Y.). Police Department -- History -- 19th century.
	Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Organized crime -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
	New York (N.Y.). Police Department. (OCoLC)fst01837588
	Organized crime. (OCoLC)fst01047884
	Police. (OCoLC)fst01068398
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Oller, John. Rogues' gallery [New York, New York] : Dutton, [2021] 9781524745677 (DLC) 2020051816
ISBN	9781524745653 (hardcover)
	1524745650 (hardcover)
	9781524745677 (ebook)

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