Scoundrels in Law: The Trials of Howe and Hummel, Lawyers to the Gangsters, Cops, Starlets, and Rakes Who Made the Gilded Age
- ISBN13: 9780061714283
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the critically acclaimed author of Crazy ’08 is the exciting true story of the most colorful and notorious law firm in American history. Crooks in the Act gives an overview of crime and punishment in the nineteenth century, and a whirlwind tour of the Gilded Age. Gangsters and con men. Scorned mistresses and wandering men. Strippers and Broadway royalty. Cat killer and spiritualists. These were the friends and customers Howe & Hummel, the mo. . . More>>