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

Author/Contributor(s):	Gilfoyle, Timothy J
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	08/01/2007
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Meet George Appo, pickpocket, con man, mayor of underworld New York in the late 19th century. In Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. 60 illustrations.