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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A little bit of family history a lot of New York City,
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This review is from: Recollections of a New York Chief of Police (Patterson Smith Reprint Series in Criminology, Law Enforcement, and Social Problems. Publication, No) (Hardcover)
My Great-great Grandfather's book describes his time from his days as a beat cop to his last day on the job as supervisor of the police department of New York City. In the pages you will find notable and notorious historical figures such as Edgar Allen Poe, Mayor Fernando Wood (Wash arrested him), Lillian Russell, Jay Gould, and Boss William Tweed. You will also find first hand accounts of the draft riots, opium dens, and the police wars in New York.Recollections is a very long and sometimes tedious work. To get a glimpse of a time referred to, somewhat mistakenly, as the "Golden Age" there are few books other than Recollections that spit out New York City history in every dirty, sordid, amazing detail. |
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Recollections of a New York Chief of Police (Patterson Smith Reprint Series in Criminology, Law Enforcement, and Social Problems. Publica... by George W. Walling (Hardcover - May 1972)
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