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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Hill, David (Author).     Subjects     Madden, Owney, 1891-1980.     Mafia -- History.     Gambling -- History.     Crime -- History.     Hot Springs (Ark.) -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Hill, David (Author).       by title:      The vapors : a south...       by call number:      976.741 H645v     Search the Web     Hill, David (Author).     Madden, Owney, 1891-1980.     Mafia -- History.     Gambling -- History.     Crime -- History.     Hot Springs (Ark.) -- History.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 976.741 H645v Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 976.741 H645v Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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