Herbert Asbury

Herbert Asbury (1891-1963) was an American journalist and writer best known for his books detailing crime during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, such as The Gangs of New York (later adapted for film as Marti Scorsese's Gangs of New York in 2002), Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, and Sucker's Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America.