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Herbert Asbury

Born

in Farmington, Missouri, The United States

September 01, 1889

Died

February 24, 1963

Website

http://herbertasbury.com/

Genre

Nonfiction

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Herbert Asbury (September 1, 1889 – February 24, 1963) was an American journalist and writer best known for his books detailing crime during the 19th and early-20th centuries, such as Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld and The Gangs of New York.

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	The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury, Jorge Luis Borges (Foreword by) 3.57 avg rating — 4,214 ratings — published 1927 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld 3.84 avg rating — 901 ratings — published 1933 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld 3.84 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1936 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld 3.65 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 1940 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Around the Town 3.62 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1934 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sucker's Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America 3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1938 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gangs of New York: Informal History of the Underworld 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Up from Methodism: A Memoir of a Man Gone to the Devil by Herbert Asbury, Roy Blount Jr. (Foreword) 3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Illusion: An Informal History of Prohibition 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1968 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil of Pei-Ling by Herbert Asbury, John Pelan (Introduction), Gavin L. O'Keefe (Design) 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1927 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The basic creed of the gangster, and for that matter of any other type of criminal, is that whatever a man has is his only so long as he can keep it, and that the one who takes it away from him has not done anything wrong, but has merely demonstrated his smartness.”
― Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York

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“Until the Civil War there was scarcely a man in public life in New Orleans or Louisiana who had not fought at least one duel; most of them had engaged in several.”
― Herbert Asbury, The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld

tags: dueling, louisiana, new-orleans

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“You pay your money and you takes your choice.”
― Herbert Asbury, The French Quarter: An Informal History Of The New Orleans Underworld

tags: southern-saying

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Inglorious Royal Marriages: A Demi-Millennium of Unholy Mismatrimony

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