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  • The Gangs of New York
    Herbert Asbury
    'The Gangs of New York' is a classic social history that exposes the gritty, violent underworld of Manhattan during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Author Herbert Asbury provides an exhaustive and visceral account of the street gangs, criminals, and colorful characters who once ruled the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods. From the squalor of the Five Points to t...
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    27,86 €

  • The Bon Vivant’s Companion
    Herbert Asbury
    'The Bon Vivant’s Companion or How to Mix Drinks' is an essential and vibrant guide to the art of the cocktail, compiled and introduced by the celebrated historian Herbert Asbury. This work stands as a definitive compendium of classic American mixology, capturing the spirit and sophistication of a bygone era of social drinking. It offers a meticulously curated collection of rec...
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    23,08 €

  • Up From Methodism
    Herbert Asbury
    'Up From Methodism' is a compelling autobiographical critique by Herbert Asbury, the acclaimed chronicler of the American underworld. In this insightful volume, Asbury recounts his upbringing in a devoutly religious community in the American Midwest, offering a sharp-witted and often iconoclastic examination of the Methodist faith and its pervasive cultural impact on small-town...
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    20,98 €

  • A Methodist Saint
    Herbert Asbury
    'A Methodist Saint; The Life of Bishop Asbury' offers a compelling and comprehensive biographical account of Francis Asbury, the pioneering figure who transformed Methodism from a small movement into a major American religious force. Written by his descendant, Herbert Asbury, this work provides a meticulous exploration of the bishop’s relentless journey across the burgeoning Un...
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    26,95 €

  • A Methodist Saint
    Herbert Asbury
    'A Methodist Saint' provides a compelling and detailed biographical account of Francis Asbury, the pioneer bishop who is widely credited with establishing and spreading Methodism throughout the United States. Written by his descendant, the acclaimed chronicler Herbert Asbury, this work explores the life of a man whose tireless devotion and iron will shaped the religious landsca...
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    26,94 €

  • Carry Nation
    Herbert Asbury
    'Carry Nation' is an evocative biography of the most militant and controversial figure of the American temperance movement. Written by acclaimed historian Herbert Asbury, the work provides a deep dive into the life of the woman who famously wielded a hatchet to smash saloons across the United States. Through vivid storytelling, Asbury traces Nation’s journey from a troubled chi...
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    26,00 €

  • Up From Methodism
    Herbert Asbury
    'Up from Methodism' offers a compelling glimpse into a life shaped by religious experience in early 20th century America. Herbert Asbury recounts a journey of religious conversion and personal discovery within the Methodist community of Farmington, Missouri. This meticulously prepared reprint provides an intimate portrait of a time and place defined by faith. More than a simple...
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    20,14 €

  • Up from Methodism
    Herbert Asbury
    Up from Methodism, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies...
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    16,07 €

  • The Gangs Of Chicago
    Herbert Asbury
    This classic history of crime tells how the Chicago underworld earned - and kept - its notorious reputation from the time it was settled to the Prohibition days of the 1920s. Recounting the lives of such infamous early inhabitants as the original Mickey Finn and the mass murderer H. H. Holmes it climaxes with the city’s golden age of crime and a dramatic account of the career...
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    24,24 €

  • The Gangs Of San Francisco
    Herbert Asbury
    Herbert Asbury author of The Gangs of New York and The Gangs of Chicago turns his attention to chronicle the seedy underworld of San Francisco from its gold-rush glories to its subterranean opium dens. Houses of ill repute play host to shanghaied sailors and the Chinese tong wars rage around the city. San Francisco’s historic past is here brought to life in all its scintill...
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    22,38 €

  • The Gangs Of New Orleans
    Herbert Asbury
    Home to the notorious ’Blue Book’ which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city New Orleans’s infamous red-light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But the New Orleans underworld consisted of much more than the local bordellos. It was also well known as the early gambling capital of the United States and sporte...
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    22,86 €

  • Gangs of Chicago
    Herbert Asbury
    This classic history of crime tells how Chicago’s underworld earnedand keptits reputation. Recounting the lives of such notorious denizens as the original Mickey Finn, the mass murderer H. H. Holmes, and the three Car Barn Bandits, Asbury reveals life as it was lived in the criminal districts of the Levee, Hell’s Half-Acre, the Bad Lands, Little Cheyenne, Custom House Place, an...
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    34,73 €