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The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo
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Through the colorful autobiography of pickpocket and con man George Appo, Timothy Gilfoyle brings to life the opium dens, organized criminals, and prisons that comprised the rapidly changing criminal underworld of late nineteenth-century America. The books introduction and supporting documents, which include investigative reports and descriptions of Appo and his world, connect Appos memoir to the larger story of urban New York and how and why crime changed during this period. It also explores factors of race and class that led some to a life of crime, the experience of criminal justice and incarceration, and the masculine codes of honor that marked the emergence of the nations criminal subculture. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support.
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"Framed around the autobiography of a New York City pickpocket and confidence man, this volume explores the rapidly changing criminal underworld of the late nineteenth century. It provides engaging, colorful, and raw portraits of criminal networks, the underground economy, searing poverty, corrupt, brutal cops, and sadistic prison guards. Students will be drawn into the powerful narrative of George Appos life and in the process gain insight into the nature of crime and punishment in nineteeth-century America."— Jeffrey S. Adler, University of Florida"Whether one regards George Appo as a victim of poverty and limited opportunities or as a charming socio-path, students of American history, criminology, law, and even psychology will find themselves engaged in Gilfoyles rendering of Appo and his world of good fellows."— Kenneth J. Heineman, Angelo State University"A first-rate introduction to the history of crime and policing and how historians pull such histories together."— Alan Lessoff, Illinois State University"A fascinating and insightful classroom tool. Professor Gilfoyle has opened a unique window to the past that students will find engrossing."—Andrew E. Kersten, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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Timothy Gilfoyle
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The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo
First Edition| 2013
Timothy Gilfoyle
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
PART ONE. Introduction: Cultures of Crime
Who was George Appo?
The Rise of the Pickpocket
Drugs and Crime
Green Goods
Policing the Industrial City
Politics and Crime
The Penitentiary
Good Fellows
Progressive Criminology
The Criminal Memoir
Appo Transformed
Appo’s Memory
Conclusion
PART TWO. The Document: The Autobiography of George Appo
Childhood
The Penitentiary
Jack Collins, Tom Lee, and Fred Crage
Sing Sing Again
Philadelphia
Thomas Wilson
Green Goods
Poughkeepsie
Clinton Again
Stealing Guys
The Lexow Committee
In the Tenderloin
Violence
Matteawan
Reform
Good Fellows
Reflections
PART THREE. Related Documents
George Appo in His Words and Others
1. Louis Beck, New York’s Chinatown (1898)
2. George Appo, Letter to Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of New York, May 9, 1899
3. Dr. Henry E. Allison, Report on George Appo, 1899
4. Lewis Lawes, excerpt from Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing (1932)
5. Bronx Home News, Obituary on George Appo, June 15, 1930
Subcultures of Crime
6. George W. Matsell, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon (1859)
7. New York State Assembly, Report of the Select Committee Appointed by the Assembly of 1875 to Investigate the Causes of the Increase of Crime in the City of New York (1876)
8. New York State Senate, Report and Proceedings of the Senate Committee Appointed to Investigate the Police Department of the City of New York (1895)
9. Thomas Byrnes, "Methods of Professional Criminals of America," in Professional Criminals of America (1886)
10. Lincoln Steffens, "The Underworld" in The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens (1931)
11. William T. Stead, "King McNally and His Police," in Satan’s Invisible World Displayed, or, Despairing Democracy: A Study of Greater New York (1898)
The Criminal in Popular Culture
12. Review of In the Tenderloin in The Illustrated American (1895)
Appendixes
A George Appo Chronology (1856-1930)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index
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The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo
First Edition| 2013
Timothy Gilfoyle
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The Urban Underworld in Late Nineteenth-Century New York: The Autobiography of George Appo
First Edition| 2013
Timothy Gilfoyle
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