Patrick Downey
Bad Seeds in the Big Apple: Bandits, Killers, and Chaos in New York City, 1920-1940
PATRICK DOWNEY has been studying New York City's early-twentieth-century crime scenes for more than fifteen years. He has written articles on the Big Apple's gangster past for newspapers, spoken on the subject at the Museum of the City of New York, and has designed and led a walking tour that highlights criminal landmarks in conjunction with the museum.