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Hill, David (Author).
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Madden, Owney, 1891-1980.
Mafia -- History.
Gambling -- History.
Crime -- History.
Hot Springs (Ark.) -- History.
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Hill, David (Author).
Madden, Owney, 1891-1980.
Mafia -- History.
Gambling -- History.
Crime -- History.
Hot Springs (Ark.) -- History.
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The vapors : a southern family, the New York mob, and the rise and fall of Hot Springs, America's forgotten capital of vice /
David
Hill
.
by
Hill
,
David
(
Author
).
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020.
Call #:
976.741 H645v
Subjects
Madden, Owney, 1891-1980.
Mafia -- History.
Gambling -- History.
Crime -- History.
Hot Springs (Ark.) -- History.
ISBN:
9781250086112
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xii, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-361) and index.
Contents:
Prologue -- Water -- Fire -- Holy Ghost -- Repentance -- Pentecost -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"Before Vegas was big, Hot Springs, Arkansas was home to healing waters, art deco splendor, horse racing, nearly a dozen illegal casinos, countless bank rooms and brothels, and some of the country's most bald-faced criminals.
Hill
follows three individuals spanning the golden decades of Hot Springs: from the 1930s through the 1960s-- and the lavish casino whose rise and fall would bring them together before blowing them apart." -- adapted from jacket.
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