All but forgotten today, the Five Points neighborhood in Lower Manhattan was once renowned the world over. From Jacob Riis to Abraham Lincoln, Davy Crockett to Charles Dickens, Five Points both horrified and inspired everyone who saw ...

"Told brilliantly, even unforgettably ... An American story, one that belongs to all of us." — Boston Globe"A richly textured guide to the history of our immigrant nation's pinnacle immigrant city has managed to enter...