A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

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

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

480 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction crime history true crime challenging informative slow-paced
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In George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night Appo made as much as a skilled laborer made in a year. Bad ni...

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