One of my favorite books when I was little was The Gangs Of New York: An Informal History Of The Underworld by Herbert Asbury. It’s a brilliant book detailing the various gangs that were in New York throughout history and the political atmossphere at the time (The chapter on the Draft Riots was pretty spooky for youngster me). So when I heard Martin Scorsese was making a movie loosely based on the book I was thrilled because I knew that there would be television documentaries on the History Channel or Discovery Channel and more people wouldd learn about this awesome piece of history.
So here’s the Discovery Channel’s special on The Gangs Of New York titled Uncovering The Real Gangs Of New York.
