Eastman, Monk, robs Whetmore, shoots up 42d St. "MONK" EASTMAN CAUGHT AFTER PISTOL BATTLE; Gang Leader and Companion in Fight with Pinkerton Detectives.

Convicted 10 yrs. with Coan. "MONK" EASTMAN WILL GO TO PENITENTIARY; Jury Finds Gang Leader Guilty of Assault in First Degree.

Author Neil Hanson will be talking about Monk Eastman at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard St, at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, and at the Museum of the American Gangster, 80 St. Marks ...

As Monk Eastman lay in a field hospital, he learned his infantry division was preparing to breach the Hindenburg Line -- the Germans' last line of defense on the Western Front during World War I.

Monk Eastman: The Gangster Who Became a War Hero Neil Hanson, Knopf, $28.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-307-26655-2 This celebration of Monk Eastman (1875–1920), is brought to life by Hanson (Unknown ...

1919: Convicted felon and one-time gangster Edward "Monk" Eastman, who lived for six years in Albany allegedly on the straight and narrow until his participation in a house robbery in Menands sent ...

The largely Jewish “Eastmans,” named for their brutish, pockmarked leader, Edward “Monk” Eastman, held the territory south of 14th street and east of the Bowery.

Julius Eastman (1940-1990) was an innovative composer and dynamic performer. ... He also collaborated with Meredith Monk on her stellar “Dolmen Music.” Yet, ...

Eastman has Thelonious Monk’s bounce and Meredith Monk’s beatitude. The premiere of “Femenine” in 1974 in Albany, N.Y., wasn’t quite as austere as the concert setting in Zipper.

Whether real-life or fictional, Americans can't seem to get away from their fixation on gangs. Author Jeffrey Konvitz has written a new historical novel, 'The Circus of Satan", in which he looks at ...