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Boardwalk empire: the birth, high times, and corruption of Atlantic City

By Johnson , Nelson

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Plexus Publishing
Year
2002
ISBN
9780937548707, 0937548707, 9780966674866, 0966674863
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
29 MB (30717306 bytes)
Edition
HBO series tie-in ed
Pages
xviii, 284 pages : illustrations (some color)\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Political corruption--New Jersey--Atlantic City--H

Description

Providing the inspiration and source material for the upcoming HBO series produced by Academy Award–winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award–winning screenwriter Terence Winter, this riveting and wide-reaching history explores the sordid past of Atlantic City—forever a freewheeling town long-dedicated to the fast buck—from 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 powerful characters, led by “Commodore” Kuehnle and “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 past—through its rise, fall, and rebirth—is given new light in this revealing, and often appalling, study of legislative abuse and organized crime.

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