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To capture a near accurate glimpse of the mid 19th century in manhattan, one needs to read the new york times and other local periodicals archives capturing the news as it happened then. The 2002 film, directed by martin scorsese and starring leonardo dicaprio, daniel daylewis and cameron diaz, was more closely based on asburys book and more historically accurate. Gangs of new york by herbert asbury social history books. Herbert asbury, an early 20thcentury journalist, made a name for himself by.
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