Category: Gangs of New York

“The. ” Allen: The Rough-and-Tumble Years

March 16, 2025

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Boxing, Gangs of New York, Professional Criminals of America

I’ve edited and published a new collection of articles from a 19th century sporting weekly newspaper. Theodore “The.” Allen was the proprietor of […]
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A New Project — Re-Examining Asbury’s “Gangs of New York”

November 23, 2019

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Criminals, Gangs of New York

Although up to my neck in another research (for publication) project about the balloon-parachute act, I can’t resists making little research forays back […]
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