Scoundrels in law, the trials of Howe & Hummel, lawyers to the gangsters, cops, starlets and rakes who made the Gilded Age, Cait Murphy
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Scoundrels in law, the trials of Howe & Hummel, lawyers to the gangsters, cops, starlets and rakes who made the Gilded Age, Cait Murphy
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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Scoundrels in law
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bibliography
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611182236
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Cait Murphy
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the trials of Howe & Hummel, lawyers to the gangsters, cops, starlets and rakes who made the Gilded Age
Summary
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 conveniently across the street from the city jail. The partners gloried in their reputation and made a rich living from it. Howe and Hummel were not particularly good men, perfectly ready--even eager--to lie, cheat, and bribe on behalf of their clients. They did stop short of murder, though, a principle that played a critical role when the famous firm imploded in a truly spectacular web of deceit gone wrong.--From publisher description
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