The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld by Dan Slater

The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld

Dan Slater

432 pages first pub 2024 (view editions)

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This book is ideal for readers who are captivated by true-crime sagas intertwined with gritty historical narratives about societal reform, immigrant struggles, and the moral battles shaping early 20th-century urban America.

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 But when the violence rose to a peak in the year 1912 with the murder of gambler and state's witness Herman Rosenthal in the middle of Times Square, a coterie of influential uptowners of German Jewish descent decided to take the future of New Yor...

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informative: 92%

challenging: 30%

adventurous: 23%

dark: 23%

tense: 23%

reflective: 15%

mysterious: 7%


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