1st ed DJ LOW LIFE Lures and Snares of Old New York Luc Sante Crime Prostitution

by Luc Sante

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First edition

Title: Low Life Lures and Snares of Old New York Author: Luc Sante Publisher: Farrar Strauss & Giroux (1991) Description: This is the scarce hardcover with dustjacket, first edition debut book from Luc Sante, Low Life. Really nice condition of a book that keeps getting more valuable and pricier for a first edition due to the author's growing reputation and body of work and the fact that it the author's first book. From the DJ flap: Spirited and original, rich in narrative and character, and overflowing with surprises, Luc Sante’s LOW LIFE is a challenging portrait of America’s greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. LOW LIFE tells the true story of the growth of Manhattan, not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city’s slums; the teeming streets—scene of innumerable cons and crimes; the crowded, unhealthy, and dangerous neighborhoods—then and now strictly divided along ethnic and racial lines; the cramped and overcrowded housing, and the growth of the tenement, still a prominent feature of the cityscape. LOW LIFE voyages through Manhattan from four different directions. Part One examines the actual topography of Manhattan from 1840 to 1919; Part Two, the opportunities for vice and entertainment during that period—theaters and Saloons, opium and cocaine dens, gambling and prostitution; the third section investigates the forces of law and order which did and didn’t work t

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• Year: 1993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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