POSTED IT for myself and others to buy! Looks good!
Also, for anyone who likes NY history, Edward Rutherford’s “New York” is excellent. YUUGE, but excellent.
I also have the Five Points book, that author criticizes Herbert’s book over relying to heavily on newspaper accounts.
Who knows whose correct! The real story is surely lost in the mists of time. You take your sources as you can find them but with multiple grain salt chaser!