Darkness and Daylight; or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life
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Lyman Abbott, Thomas Byrnes, Helen S. Campbell and Thomas Wallace Knox
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A Pictorial Record of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the Great Metropolis, with hundreds of thrilling anecdotes and incidents, sketches of life and character, humorous stories, touching home scenes, and tales of tender pathos, drawn from the bright and shady sides of the great under world of New York. By Mrs. Helen Campbell, City Missionary and Philanthropist; Col. Thomas W. Knox, Author and Journalist; and Supt. Thomas Byrnes, Chief of NY Police and Detectives. With highly interesting descriptions of little known phases of New York life; and an account of Detective Byrnes' thirty years' experiences and reminiscences written by himself from his private diary. With an introduction by Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D., Pastor of Plymouth Church.
This volume aims to give scrupulously exact descriptions of life and scenes in the great metropolis under three different aspects: 1st, "As Seen by a Woman;" 2d, "As Seen by a Journalist;" 3d, "As Seen and Known by a Chief of the New York Detective Bureau." - Summary by Book title and preface
Published in 1897. The source text contains over 250 sketches and illustrations, which the listener is encouraged to enjoy along with the audio. (22 hr 34 min)
Chapters
Ch 1 - Sunday in Water Street — Homes of Revelry and Vice — Scenes in the Missi…
43:41
Read by TriciaG
Ch 2 - Christian Work in Water Street —The Story of Jeffrey McAuley's Life Told…
44:16
Read by James R. Hedrick
Ch 3 - Up Slaughter Alley, or Life in a Tenement-House — A Tour Through Homes o…
35:51
Read by Colias1
Ch 4 - New York Newsboys — Who They Are, Where They Come From, and How They Liv…
41:57
Read by Piotr Nater
Ch 5 - The One Hundred Thousand Little Laborers of New York — Child Workers — T…
16:28
Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt
Ch 6 - Child-Life in the Slums — Homeless Street Boys, Gutter-Snipes and Dock R…
35:19
Read by Rita Boutros
Ch 7 - The Open Doors of Mercy — The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to C…
34:36
Read by Rita Boutros
Ch 8 - Mission Work in Tough Places — Seeking to Save — A Leaf from the Experie…
49:14
Read by Rita Boutros
Ch 9 - The Slums by Night — The Underworld of New York — Life and Scenes in the…
34:07
Read by Piotr Nater
Ch 10 - Night Mission Work — New York Streets After Dark — Rescue Work Among th…
42:46
Read by MichelleKinge
Ch 11 - Gospel Work in the Slums — An All-Night Missionary's Life — A Midnight …
14:04
Read by Piotr Nater
Ch 12 - Shop-Girls and Working Women —The Great Army of New York Poor — Life Un…
50:50
Read by April6090
Ch 13 - Hospital Life in New York — A Tour Through the Wards of Old Bellevue — …
44:09
Read by Greg Giordano
Ch 14 - Flower Missions and the Fresh Air Fund — The Distribution of Flowers Am…
26:20
Read by Piotr Nater
Ch 15 - A Day in a Free Dispensary — Relieving the Suffering Poor — Missionsary…
26:51
Read by KHand
Ch 16 - Life Behind the Bars — A Visit to the Tombs — Scenes Within Prison Wall…
32:02
Read by Piotr Nater
Ch 18 - Life on Blackwell's Island — The Dregs of a Great City — Where Criminal…
44:10
Read by MichelleKinge
Ch 19 - Heavenly Charities — Sister Irene's Mysterious Basket — Homes for Found…
29:41
Read by MichelleKinge
Ch 20 - Italian Life in New York — Scenes in the Great Bend in Mulberry Street …
19:38
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 21 - Shantytown and Its Dwellers — Life Among New York Squatters — Character…
17:30
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 22 - Underground Life in New York — Cellar and Shed Lodgings — Dens of the V…
19:30
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 23 - Jack Ashore — An Easy Prey for Land-Sharks and Sharpers — Life on the "…
34:13
Read by KHand
Ch 24 - Street Life — The Bowery by Day and by Night — Life in Baxter and Chath…
32:25
Read by Mike Manolakes
Ch 25 - Training-Schools of Crime — Drink, the Root of Evil — Great Responsibil…
33:02
Read by Mike Manolakes
Ch 26 - The Police Department of New York — The Detective Force and Its Work — …
43:58
Read by KevinS
Ch 27 - Fire! Fire! — The Life of a New York Fireman — The School of Instructio…
37:17
Read by Mike Manolakes
Ch 28 - The Chinese Quarter of New York — Behind the Scenes in Chinatown — "Joh…
49:48
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 29 - The Spider and the Fly — Mock Auctions, Bogus Horse Sales and Other Tra…
24:03
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 30 - The Beggars of New York — Tramps, Cheats, Humbugs, and Frauds — Interes…
35:09
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 31 - "Up the Spout"— Pawn-Brokers and Their Ways — A Visit to the Shop of "M…
25:32
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 32 - Street Venders and Sidewalk Merchants — How Skin Games and Petty Swindl…
25:33
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 33 - Gamblers and Gambling — A Midnight Visit to Gambling-Houses of High and…
32:40
Read by Bruce Pirie
Ch 35 - Scientific Burglers and Expert Cracksmen — How Bank Vaults and Safes ar…
31:50
Read by TheIntern356
Ch 36 - Bank Sneak-Thieves and Their Characteristics — Plots and Schemes for Ro…
17:08
Read by TheIntern356
Ch 37 - Common Housebreakers — Thieves Who Laugh at Locks and Bolts — Receivers…
19:25
Read by Colleen McMahon
Ch 39 - Cunning Shoplifters and Skillful Pickpockets — Female Operators and How…
28:12
Read by Piotr Nater
Ch 40 - Forgers and Their Methods — Wily Devices and Brainy Schemes of a Danger…
20:51
Read by Mike Manolakes
Ch 42 - Sharpers, Confidence-Men and Bunco-Steerers — Wide Open Traps —Tricks o…
25:26
Read by Colleen McMahon