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"“A lively history of early New York through one woman’s horrendous ordeal. Hortis has combed the archives for material related to Bodine’s three explosive trials, and he makes palpable the shameful character assassination that Bodine endured.” -- <I><B>Kirkus Reviews</B></I> “In The Witch of New York, Alex Hortis invites us along on a bumpy yet entertaining ride that features the dueling attorneys and unscrupulous shysters who transformed the terrible murder of a mother and child into this country's seminal tabloid trial. Meticulous research and concise writing adroitly capture the zeitgeist of 1840s New York City, in the end effectively demonstrating how ""tabloid justice would, one way or another, alter American law.""  -- <B>David Dominé, author of <I>A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City</I></B> “Against a backdrop of scandal sheets and tabloid justice in 1840s New York, Alex Hortis deftly chronicles the sensational murder trials of Polly Bodine, the most infamous woman in America, and their lasting effects on the public’s imagination.” -- <B>Susan Wels, Author of <i>Assassin in Utopia</i></B> Praise for The Mob and the City: “Hortis retells the story of the famous Apalachin incident, in 1957, when several dozen mobsters from around the country gathered at the upstate New York property of Joseph Barbara, Sr., for a weekend retreat.” * Malcolm Gladwell in <i>T</i><i >he New Yorker</i> * “But what is less amusing is the way that this ‘man of honor’ denies any involvement in narcotics trafficking, a claim that is convincingly debunked by mob historian C. Alexander Hortis in his deeply researched book The Mob and the City.” * Ronald Fried, <I>The Daily Beast</I> * “If there’s a better book on the early history of Cosa Nostra in America, I haven’t seen it.” * Jerry Capeci, <i>Gangland News</i> *"

But what is less amusing is the way that this 'man of honor' denies any involvement in narcotics trafficking, a claim that is convincingly debunked by mob historian C. Alexander Hortis in his deeply researched book The Mob and the City. -- Ronald Fried, The Daily Beast Hortis retells the story of the famous Apalachin incident, in 1957, when several dozen mobsters from around the country gathered at the upstate New York property of Joseph Barbara, Sr., for a weekend retreat. -- Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker If there's a better book on the early history of Cosa Nostra in America, I haven't seen it. -- Jerry Capeci, Gangland News Praise for The Mob and the City:

Praise for The Mob and the City: Hortis retells the story of the famous Apalachin incident, in 1957, when several dozen mobsters from around the country gathered at the upstate New York property of Joseph Barbara, Sr., for a weekend retreat. * Malcolm Gladwell in <i>T</i><i >he New Yorker</i> * But what is less amusing is the way that this 'man of honor' denies any involvement in narcotics trafficking, a claim that is convincingly debunked by mob historian C. Alexander Hortis in his deeply researched book The Mob and the City. * Ronald Fried, <I>The Daily Beast</I> * If there's a better book on the early history of Cosa Nostra in America, I haven't seen it. * Jerry Capeci, <i>Gangland News</i> *

“Against a backdrop of scandal sheets and tabloid justice in 1840s New York, Alex Hortis deftly chronicles the sensational murder trials of Polly Bodine, the most infamous woman in America, and their lasting effects on the public’s imagination.” -- Susan Wels, Author of <i>Assassin in Utopia</i> Praise for The Mob and the City: “Hortis retells the story of the famous Apalachin incident, in 1957, when several dozen mobsters from around the country gathered at the upstate New York property of Joseph Barbara, Sr., for a weekend retreat.” * Malcolm Gladwell in <i>T</i><i >he New Yorker</i> * “But what is less amusing is the way that this ‘man of honor’ denies any involvement in narcotics trafficking, a claim that is convincingly debunked by mob historian C. Alexander Hortis in his deeply researched book The Mob and the City.” * Ronald Fried, <I>The Daily Beast</I> * “If there’s a better book on the early history of Cosa Nostra in America, I haven’t seen it.” * Jerry Capeci, <i>Gangland News</i> *

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Alex Hortis, author of The Mob and the City, is a constitutional lawyer and crime historian. He has been interviewed on national television for AMC’s The Making of the Mob and has been a featured speaker at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas, the New York Public Library, and the Enoch Pratt Free Library. He is a former federal law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and is a graduate of New York University School of Law. Alex lives in Washington, DC. Please visit Alex at www.alexhortis.com

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