Herbert Asbury

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Herbert Asbury was an American journalist and writer best known for his vivid, semi-documentary books on the history of crime and vice in American cities, including "The Gangs of New York."

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instanceOf book
human
journalist
non-fiction writer
author Herbert Asbury NERFINISHED
Herbert Asbury NERFINISHED
Herbert Asbury NERFINISHED
Herbert Asbury NERFINISHED
Herbert Asbury NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1891-09-01
dateOfDeath 1963-02-24
educatedAt University of Missouri NERFINISHED
employer Collier’s Weekly NERFINISHED
New York Herald NERFINISHED
New York Sun NERFINISHED
Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED
genre crime history
historical non-fiction
true crime
hasWritingStyle semi-documentary
sensationalist
influenced popular understanding of American urban crime history
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableWork Gem of the Prairie NERFINISHED
Sucker’s Progress NERFINISHED
The Barbary Coast NERFINISHED
The French Quarter NERFINISHED
The Gangs of New York NERFINISHED
occupation author
historian of crime
journalist
placeOfBirth Farmington, Missouri, United States of America NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States of America NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
workAdaptedAs film "Gangs of New York" NERFINISHED
wroteAbout Barbary Coast, San Francisco NERFINISHED
Chicago crime history
New Orleans underworld
gangs in New York City
history of crime in American cities
urban vice in the United States

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Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York createdBy Herbert Asbury
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Bill the Butcher createdBy Herbert Asbury