The Herbert Asbury ('The Gangs of New York' etc.) Author Thread

DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
edited June 2016 in General Discussion Posts: 17,804
I was wondering if there were any fans here of the author Herbert Asbury (1889-1963)?

His most famous work would be The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld (1927) and The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld (1933).

Martin Scorsese filmed the first of these as Gangs of New York in 2002 and this brought about the reissue of Asbury's books on American gangs.

I currently have three of Asbury's books on American gangs of the C19th in New York, San Francisco and New Orleans.

I'd love to hear from any fans of Herbert Asbury on here, if in fact there are any!

There are more details about Herbert Asbury here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Asbury

Comments

  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 17,804
    No fans/readers of this author out there at all then? ~O)
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 17,804
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    No fans/readers of this author out there at all then? ~O)

    It would seem no one here is familiar with this author then?

    Last call.

  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    Sorry @Dragonpol but sadly all my reading is trashy thrillers, no
    intellectual stuff. :(
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited June 2016 Posts: 17,804
    Sorry @Dragonpol but sadly all my reading is trashy thrillers, no
    intellectual stuff. :(

    Not to worry, @Thunderpussy. I read thrillers too - nothing wrong with that. :)
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