MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
012030000a22001930004500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2009049639 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780061714283 (hardback) 0061714283 (hardback) |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Murphy, Cait. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Scoundrels in law : the trials of Howe & Hummel, lawyers to the gangsters, cops, starlets, and rakes who made the Guilded Age |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York. |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Smithsonian Books. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
9/16/2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
[xxv], 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
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 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Howe, William F., 1828-1902. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Hummel, Abraham H., 1849-1926. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Trials -- United States. |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| General subdivision |
Justice, Administration of -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century |
| 852 ## - LOCATION/CALL NUMBER |
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340.092 MUR |