Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations

Name: Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations
Author: William F. Howe

by William F. Howe, Abraham H. Hummel

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Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures.

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~7 hours (446K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2008-02-29

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions Crime -- New York (State) -- New York Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York

About the authors

William F. Howe

1828–1902

A colorful New York lawyer and memoirist, he became famous for high-profile criminal cases in the late 19th century. His reminiscences offer a vivid glimpse of courtroom drama in the Gilded Age.

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Abraham H. Hummel

1849–1926

Best known as the shrewd legal mind behind New York's notorious Howe and Hummel firm, he built a reputation in the Gilded Age for handling sensational cases and shadowy civil disputes. His career left a vivid mark on the city's legal folklore.

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