Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Herbert Asbury

Born: September 1, 1889
Died: February 24, 1963 (aged 73)
Known for:
- The Gangs of New York (1928)
- The Barbary Coast (1933)
- The French Quarter (1936)
- The gangs of Chicago
- Up from Methodism (1926)