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Appo, George b. 1856 Bryan, William Jennings 1860-1925 Crime New York (State) New York History 19th century Juvenile delinquents New York (State) New York Biography Mortality New York (State) New York History 19th century New York (N.Y.) Biography New York (N.Y.) Environmental conditions New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 19th century Pickpockets New York (State) New York Biography Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament)
Summary: The 1896 New York heat wave that killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City at the height of the catastrophe. As historian Edward P. Kohn shows, Bryan's hopes for the presidency began to flag amidst the abhorrent heat just as a bright...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 KOHGilfoyle, Timothy J.
Contents: The trials of Quimbo Appo -- Urchins, Arabs, and gutter-snipes -- A house of refuge at sea -- Appo on: violence -- Factories for turning out criminals -- The "guns" of Gotham -- Drafted -- Opium dens and Bohemia -- The old homestead -- The dives -- Appo on: Jack Collins -- Tombs justice -- Appo on: Good fellows -- Fences -- "That galling yoke of servitude" -- Danny Driscoll and the Whyos --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2006