Herbert Asbury (September 1, 1891 – February 24, 1963) was an American journalist and writer best known for his books detailing crime during the 19th and early-20th centuries, such as Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, Sucker's Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America and The Gangs of New York.
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History, Crime, Crime and criminals, Criminals, Gangs, Social conditions, Gambling, Moral conditions, Conditions sociales, Crime, united states, Prohibition, Anthologies, Asbury, Francis, bp.,, Biography, California, Chicago, Chicago (ill.), social conditions, Childhood and youth, Chinatown, Condiciones sociales, Conditions morales, Controversial literature, Crimen organizado, Criminalità organizzata, CriminalitéPlaces
New York (N.Y.), United States, New York, New York (State), San Francisco (Calif.), Basin Street, California, Camp Street, Chicago, Chicago (Ill.), Congo Square, Farmington, Farmington (Mo.), Illinois, Louisiana, Manhattan, Mississippi River, Missouri, NY's Chinatown, New Orleans, New Orleans (La.), Pennsylvania, San Francisco, Storyville, Vieux CarréPeople
Herbert Asbury, Carry Amelia Nation (1846-1911), Francis Asbury (1745-1816), Herbert Asbury (1891-1963), Jean Lafitte, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL562692A
- ISNI: 0000000110617002
- IMDb: nm0038428
- Library of Congress Names: n85289789
- VIAF: 3145971311432331291
- Wikidata: Q3182406
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q3182406
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- Asbury H
- Herbert Aebury
- ASBURY,HERBERT
- HERBERT ASBURY
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