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Rogues' Gallery: The Birth of Modern Policing and Organized Crime in Gilded Age New York
By Oller, John
- ISBN
- 9781524745653
- Publisher
- Dutton
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Reviewed on July 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
Former attorney Oller (White Shoe: How a New Breed of Wall Street Lawyers Changed Big Business—and the American Century) explores the sordid criminal world of New York City's Gilded Age and the star detectives who solved some of U.S. history's most storied crimes. Part social history, part true crime, this book largely focuses on legendary detective Thomas F. Byrnes, who helped develop now-widespread police procedures....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
