Summary of Rich Cohen's The Last Pirate of New York

By IRB Media

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#1 I grew up on gangster stories. I moved to New York to explore the parts of the city where these stories had taken place. I met a few living examples of the genus and species: New York gangster.

#2 I wanted to track down and name the first New York gangster, the man behind all the other legends. I found that many consider Monk Eastman to have been the first, but when Eastman turned up in the dives, old-timers were already telling stories about gangsters of an earlier generation.

#3 Hicks was a founding father of New York’s underworld. He was a demon, and he had that kind of charisma. He put his arm around the town and pulled its people close. In writing about him, reporters of the time were capturing a new kind of terror: the terror of the metropolis.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822505582

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