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Title: Infamous Manhattan: A Colorful Walking History of New Yorkªs Most Notorious Crime Sites by Andrew Roth ISBN: 0-7881-9243-4 Publisher: Diane Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $15.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: An absorbing book with clear maps for walking tours
Comment: Moving from the southern tip of Manhattan, where the oldest crimes were committed, to the northern, where the crimes become more recent, Andrew Roth's INFAMOUS MANHATTAN takes up where most walking tours lead off. Most tourists to New York are, basicially, exposed to the famous buildings and theaters, maybe an historic landmark. Other tours concentrate on the lures and cultures of certain neighborhoods like Harlem, Chinatown, the Village, Little Italy, etc. Andrew Roth's book says, "You can go see that stuff anytime. But do you want to see where John Gotti and friends shot down Paul Castellano? Do you want to see the gouges on the Wall Street buildings where a bomb went off in 1920? Then open the book and let's take a walk."

For me, the interesting crimes are the less remembered ones to us today, but were amazing sensations in their day: the murder of Wall Street tycoon Jim Fisk; the murder of architect Stanford White; the site where Nan Patterson shot her philandering boyfriend; the spot where Judge Crater was last seen alive. These and other notorious crime scenes are listed on maps and given brief but sufficient text--sometimes with illustrations--describing the crimes and their outcomes. I hope this book is given new life because it deserves it, even if just for its uniqueness. Sadly, the only update that it will need will be the devestation that occurred on the World Trade Center site on 9/11.