Boardwalk Empire The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City

Name: Boardwalk Empire The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
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ISBN: 9780966674859

ISBN-10: 0966674855

ISBN-13: 9780966674859

Edition: N/A

Authors: Nelson Johnson

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From its inception, Atlantic City has always been a town dedicated to the fast buck, and this wide-reaching history offers a riveting account of its past 100 yearsfrom the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort in the modern era. A colorful cast of characters, led by Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse, and extortion. Atlantic City's shadowy pastthrough its rise, fall, and rebirthis given new light in this revealing, and often appalling, study of legislative abuse and organized crime.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Publisher: Plexus Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English