Hook Gang - Further Reading

Further Reading

Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. ISBN 1-56025-275-8
Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Crime. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2001. ISBN 0-8160-4040-0

Piracy

Historical times	1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s

Modern times	1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 21st century

Types of pirate	Pirates Privateers Buccaneers Corsairs Sindhi corsairs Timber pirate River pirate Caribbean Pirates Frisian Pirates Raiders Colby Pirates Barbary pirates Moro Pirates Wōkòu Vikings Ushkuiniks Narentines Cilician pirates Baltic Slavic pirates Uskoks Cossack pirates Sea Beggars Sea Dogs Freebooters

Areas	Piracy in the Caribbean Piracy on Lake Nicaragua Piracy in the British Virgin Islands Piracy in the Strait of Malacca Piracy in Somalia Piracy on Falcon Lake Anglo-Turkish piracy Port Royal Tortuga Saint-Malo Barbary Coast Lundy Lagos Salé Piracy in Nigeria Piracy in Indonesia Barataria Bay

Famous pirates	Bartholomew Roberts Hendrick Lucifer Pier Gerlofs Donia Wijerd Jelckama Hayreddin Barbarossa Blackbeard Stede Bonnet Anne Bonny Abshir Boyah Calico Jack Alexandre Exquemelin William Kidd Edward Low Redbeard William Dampier Black Caesar Henri Caesar Roberto Cofresí Jean Lafitte Henry Morgan François l'Olonnais Henry Strangways José Gaspar Charles Gibbs Benito de Soto Diabolito Pedro Gilbert Mansel Alcantra Hippolyte de Bouchard Samuel Hall Lord Nathaniel Gordon Albert W. Hicks Eli Boggs Bully Hayes Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah Louis-Michel Aury Shirahama Kenki John Newland Maffitt Joseph Baker Joseph Barss Jørgen Jørgensen Vincent Gambi Dominique You Pierre Lafitte John Hawkins Peter Easton Moses Cohen Henriques Piet Pieterszoon Hein Charlotte de Berry Samuel Bellamy Benjamin Hornigold Samuel Mason Henry Every Gan Ning Liang Dao Ming Wang Zhi Limahong Zheng Zhilong Zheng Jing Cai Qian Cheung Po Tsai Ching Shih Shap Ng-tsai Chui A-poo Lai Choi San

Categories	Pirates By nationality Barbary pirates Female pirates

Pirate ships	Adventure Galley Fancy Ganj-i-Sawai Queen Anne's Revenge Quedagh Merchant Whydah Gally Marquis of Havana Ambrose Light York

Pirate hunters	Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Angelo Emo Richard Avery Hornsby Robert Maynard Chaloner Ogle Pompey Woodes Rogers David Porter James Brooke

Pirate battles and incidents	Turkish Abductions Chepo Expedition Battle of Mandab Strait Blockade of Charleston Battle of Cape Fear River Battle of Ocracoke Inlet Capture of the William Battle of Cape Lopez Capture of the Fancy Persian Gulf Campaign Battle of New Orleans Anti-Piracy in the Aegean Anti-Piracy in the West Indies Capture of the Bravo Action of 9 November 1822 Capture of the El Mosquito Battle of Doro Passage Falklands Expedition Great Lakes Patrol Balanguingui Expedition Battle of Tysami Battle of Tonkin River Battle of Nam Quan Battle of Ty-ho Bay Battle of the Leotung Battle of Fatshan Creek Antelope Incident North Star Affair Battle off Mukah Salvador Pirates Battle of Boca Teacapan Capture of the Ambrose Light Irene Incident Operation Enduring Freedom – HOA Action of 18 March 2006 Action of 3 June 2007 Action of 28 October 2007 Operation Atalanta Action of 16 September 2008 Action of 11 November 2008 Action of 9 April 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking Operation Ocean Shield Action of 25 March 2010 Action of 1 April 2010 Action of 30 March 2010 Action of 5 April 2010 Action of 6 May 2010 Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden Operation Dawn 9: Gulf of Aden Beluga Nomination Incident Battle off Minicoy Island Quest Incident

Slave trade	African slave trade Atlantic slave trade Arab slave trade Barbary slave trade Blockade of Africa African Slave Trade Patrol Capture of the Providentia Capture of the Presidente Capture of the El Almirante Capture of the Marinerito Capture of the Veloz Passagera Capture of the Brillante Amistad Incident Capture of the Emanuela

Fictional pirates	Tom Ayrton Captain Blood Captain Crook Captain Flint Captain Hook Don Karnage Monkey D. Luffy Captain Nemo Captain Pugwash Red Rackham Captain Sabertooth Captain Stingaree Sandokan Long John Silver Jack Sparrow Hector Barbossa Sao Feng

Miscellaneous	Truce of Ratisbon Piracy Act 1698 Piracy Act 1717 Piracy Act 1837 Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law Golden Age of Piracy Jolly Roger Walking the plank Treasure map Buried treasure Pirate booty Marooning Pirate code Pirate utopia Victual Brothers Pirate Round Libertatia Sack of Baltimore A General History of the Pyrates Mutiny Pegleg Eyepatch Letter of marque Davy Jones' Locker

Lists	Pirates Privateers Timeline of piracy Years in piracy Pirate films Women in piracy Pirates in fiction Pirates in popular culture List of ships attacked by Somali pirates

Literature	Treasure Island Facing the Flag On Stranger Tides Castaways of the Flying Dutchman The Angel's Command Voyage of Slaves Pirate Latitudes

Organized crime groups in New York City

Italian American Mafia

Active	The Five Families: Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese

Inactive	Camorra in New York East Harlem Purple Gang Five Points Gang South Brooklyn Boys The Tanglewood Boys

Irish organized crime

Active	Westies

Inactive	19th Street Gang 40 Thieves Bowe Brothers Dead Rabbits The Ducky Boys Gopher Gang Grady Gang Hudson Dusters Kerryonians Marginals Patsy Conroy Gang Potashes Rhodes Gang Roach Guards Swamp Angels White Hand Gang Whyos Yakey Yakes

Jewish-American organized crime

Inactive	Arnold Rothstein Dutch Schultz Eastman Gang The Bugs-Meyer gang Murder, Inc. Yiddish Black Hand

Russian Mafia

Inactive	Evsei Agron's Bratva Marat Balagula's Bratva Potato Bag Gang

Eastern Europe groups

Velentzas crime family (Greek)
The Greenpoint Crew (Polish)
Rudaj Organization (Albanian, inactive)

Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs

Hells Angels
Satan's Soldiers
69'ers

African-American groups

Active	Bloods Crips Sex Money Murda

Inactive	Black Spades Bumpy Johnson's gang Casper Holstein's gang Nicky Barnes's Council Frank Lucas's gang Supreme Team Stephanie St. Clair's gang

Hispanic-Americans groups

Colombian drug cartels	Cali Cartel (inactive) Norte del Valle Cartel

Dominican gangs	Dominicans Don't Play Jheri Curls Trinitario

Puerto Ricans gangs	Latin Kings (gang) Ghetto Brothers Mau Maus Ñetas Raymond Márquez (inactive)

Central American gangs	MS-13 La Raza Nation

Chinese American groups

Tongs	Four Brothers Hip Sing Association On Leong Tong

Gangs	Flying Dragons Ghost Shadows

Foreign Triad gangs	14K Triad Big Circle Gang Sister Ping's Snakehead

Other Asian Americans groups

Born to Kill (Vietnamese)

Other historical groups

Batavia Street Gang
Baxter Street Dudes
Boodle Gang
Broadway Mob
Charlton Street Gang
Cherry Hill Gang
Chichesters
Crazy Butch Gang
Daybreak Boys
Dutch Mob
Gas House Gang
Honeymoon Gang
Hook Gang
Lenox Avenue Gang
Molasses Gang
Neighbors' Sons
Shirt Tails
Slaughter House Gang
Tenth Avenue Gang
Tub of Blood Bunch

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