Description: Wicked Newport, Kentucky, Wicked, Paperback 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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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781596295490
Book Title: Wicked Newport : Kentucky's Sin City
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Thomas Barker, Gary w. Potter, Jenna Meglen
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Judicial Power, Sociology / General, General, Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, True Crime, Law, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
