Scoundrels in law : the trials of Howe & Hummel, lawyers to the gangsters, cops, starlets, and rakes who made the Guilded Age
Murphy, Cait.
Scoundrels in law : the trials of Howe & Hummel, lawyers to the gangsters, cops, starlets, and rakes who made the Guilded Age - New York. Smithsonian Books. 9/16/2011 - [xxv], 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
This true story of the most colorful and notorious law firm in American history offers an inside look at crime and punishment in the nineteenth century, and a whirlwind tour of New York's Gilded Age. In Howe & Hummel's prime, it would not have been unusual to see a leading politician, a pickpocket, a Broadway star, a bank robber, and a socialite all together in their waiting room, located conv
9780061714283 (hardback) 0061714283 (hardback)
2009049639
Howe, William F., 1828-1902.
Hummel, Abraham H., 1849-1926.
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Trials -- United States.
--Justice, Administration of -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century
Scoundrels in law : the trials of Howe & Hummel, lawyers to the gangsters, cops, starlets, and rakes who made the Guilded Age - New York. Smithsonian Books. 9/16/2011 - [xxv], 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
This true story of the most colorful and notorious law firm in American history offers an inside look at crime and punishment in the nineteenth century, and a whirlwind tour of New York's Gilded Age. In Howe & Hummel's prime, it would not have been unusual to see a leading politician, a pickpocket, a Broadway star, a bank robber, and a socialite all together in their waiting room, located conv
9780061714283 (hardback) 0061714283 (hardback)
2009049639
Howe, William F., 1828-1902.
Hummel, Abraham H., 1849-1926.
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Trials -- United States.
--Justice, Administration of -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century