The New York Tombs: Inside and Out (Abridged, Annotated)

The New York Tombs: Inside and Out (Abridged, Annotated)
Author: John Munro
Publisher:
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2016-11-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519062727

For years, John Munro spent time inside the notorious Tombs Prison in New York, observing and working with inmates as a chaplain. In this graphic and sometimes horrifying account, he describes famous prisoners and their cases, conditions in the prison, and the corrosive effect of city corruption.Opened in 1838, by the time Munro began working there in the 1870s, the prison had become a waystation for the downtrodden with no real attempts at rehabilitation. Many of the social issues that Munro raises in this book are still part of our discussion of the criminal justice system today.This is a fascinating look at crime and criminals in one of America's worst prisons.

The New York Tombs Inside and Out!

The New York Tombs Inside and Out!
Author: John Josiah Munro
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2018-03-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780365484929

Excerpt from The New York Tombs Inside and Out!: Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present; A Story Stranger Than Fiction, With an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison I also express my sincere thanks to the Rev. Madison C. Peters, D. D., whose clarion voice against wrongs and abuses of various kinds has been heard all over Greater New York, for many helpful suggestions. I am also thankful to many of the New York magazines and papers for kind words and much interest in articles of mine on Prison Work that have appeared from time to time. These maga zines and papers include Harper's Weekly, Success, Van Norden, intelligencer, Christian Advocate, Examiner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The New York Tombs, Inside and Out! Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present--A Story Stranger Than Fiction, With an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison

The New York Tombs, Inside and Out! Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present--A Story Stranger Than Fiction, With an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison
Author: John Josiah Munro
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019425008

The New York Tombs is a notorious prison that has housed some of America's most infamous criminals. In this book, Munro provides a detailed history of the prison and its inmates, including the notorious Boss Tweed. Munro's book is both an entertaining read and a valuable resource for historians studying crime and punishment in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The New York Tombs Inside and Out!

The New York Tombs Inside and Out!
Author: John Josiah Munro
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-01-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9789356784666

The New York Tombs Inside and Out!, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

The New York Tombs, Inside and Out! Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present--A Story Stranger Than Fiction, with an Historic Account of Am

The New York Tombs, Inside and Out! Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present--A Story Stranger Than Fiction, with an Historic Account of Am
Author: Munro Josiah
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2013-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781313840330

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A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York

A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York
Author: Timothy J. Gilfoyle
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2011-02-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 039334133X

"A true story more incredible than fiction." —Kevin Baker, author of Striver's Row In George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night Appo made as much as a skilled laborer made in a year. Bad nights left him with more than a dozen scars and over a decade in prisons from the Tombs and Sing Sing to the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where he reunited with another inmate, his father. The child of Irish and Chinese immigrants, Appo grew up in the notorious Five Points and Chinatown neighborhoods. He rose as an exemplar of the "good fellow," a criminal who relied on wile, who followed a code of loyalty even in his world of deception. Here is the underworld of the New York that gave us Edith Wharton, Boss Tweed, Central Park, and the Brooklyn Bridge.