Eric Ferrara

A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City's Lower East Side Eric Ferrara

Description for Sales People: 1. Eric Ferrara and Rob Hollander are licensed tour guides and have been running East Village Tours since 2005 2. Founders of the upcoming East Village Museum and Visitors Center 3. Both community activists and very outgoing, personable, interested in doing talks, signings, etc. Table of Contents: Foreword / Rob Hollander -- Preface -- Worth Street to Canal Street: A Brave New World -- Canal Street to Delancey Street: The American Dream -- Delancey Street to East Houston Street: The Promised Land -- East Houston Street to East Fourteenth Street: A Radical New Direction -- Bibliography.

Contributor Bio:  Ferrara, Eric Eric Ferarra is the founder and executive director of the Lower East Side History project, an award-winning nonprofit research organization. He also founded the East Village Visitor Center, as well as the first museum in America dedicated to gansterism. Ferrara is a popular public speaker, sits on a number of local boards and has consulted on numerous movie and television projects. A true product of the Lower East Side melting pot, Ferrara's ancestors arrived to New York City from Sicily (1880s), Ukraine (1909), Russia (1917) and Naples (1940s.) He is a fourth-generation native New Yorker and dedicated community activist. This is his second title as an author for The History Press.