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Satan's circus : murder, vice, police corruption, and New York's trial of the century / Mike Dash.
They called it Satan's Circus--a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the 20th century, murder was so common there that few people were surprised when the loudmouthed owner of a shabby casino was gunned down on the steps of its best hotel. But when, two weeks later, an ambitious district attorney charged young policeman Charley Becker with ordering the murder, even the denizens of Satan's Circus were surprised. The handsome lieutenant was a decorated hero, the renowned leader of New York's vice-busting Special Squad. Was he a bad cop leading a double life, or a pawn felled by the sinister rogues who ran Manhattan's underworld? This tale brings to life an almost-forgotten Gotham.-- From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 1400054710
- ISBN: 9781400054718
- Physical Description: xii, 449 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-432) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Becker, Charles, 1870-1915. Rosenthal, Herman, -1912. Murder > New York (State) > New York. Police corruption > New York (State) > New York. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Wyomissing.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Wyomissing Public Library | 364.1323 DAS (Text) | 35012001085798 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
