Alice Sparberg Alexiou

Devil's Mile; The Rich, Gritty History of the Bowery

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine and fresh in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 290 pp (w/ index). The Bowery, nicknamed "Satan's Highway" and "The Mile of Hell", was known by New Yorkers as a slum filled with drunken bums and a place of embarrassment for shop owners in the area. The Bowery has since been replaced by trendy night spots and fancy lofts, and the old, bad Bowery no longer exists. This is the story of the Bowery during its pre-Civil War beginnings through the peak of its despair. Fine / fine. Item #E32390
ISBN: 9781250021380

Price: $12.95