Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City by Jenna Meglen

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Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City by Jenna Meglen

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Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City by Jenna Meglen

Controlled by the heavy hand of the mob and fueled by government corruption, Newport evolved through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into a notoriously robust center of criminal activity. With top political and law enforcement officials often on the take, the seedy status quo became so excessive that a May 1961 issue of Time magazine declared, Newport has developed such a gaudy brand of gambling and prostitution that it stands today as one of the nation s most blatant sin centers. Eastern Kentucky University Professors Gary Potter and Thomas Barker, both experts on organized crime, along with Jenna Meglen, offer up a captivating chronicle of Newport s criminal development, complete with thought-provoking assessments of the possible advantages that organized crime brought to the city commonly considered to be Las Vegas s predecessor.

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ISBN 13 9781596295490
ISBN 10 159629549X
Title Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City
Author Gary Potter
Series Wicked Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Year published 2008-10-01
Number of pages 128
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