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Howe & Hummel, their true and scandalous history

Howe & Hummel, their true and scandalous history1947

Richard Halworth Rovere

About this book

Great reportage about a firm of criminal lawyers in New York City. Howe and Hummel would stoop to perjury, bribes, and more to get their clients a not guilty verdict. Lively account of 2 crooks who represented crooks in court. Lively review of their misdeeds, with a full accounting of how the 2 shysters were finally brought down. Originally a 4 part story in the New Yorker in the 40s. The articles are slightly expanded from the magazine.

Details

First published
1947
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pages
169
ISBN-13
9780374173364
OL Work ID
OL2964636W

Subjects

LawyersBiographyLaw partnershipHistoryLawyers, new york (state), new yorkLawyers, biographyUnited states, biography

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