9781540219213-1540219216-Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City

Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City

ISBN-13: 9781540219213
ISBN-10: 1540219216
Author: Dr. Thomas Barker, Dr. Gary W. Potter, Jenna Meglen
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Format: Hardcover 130 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781540219213
ISBN-10: 1540219216
Author: Dr. Thomas Barker, Dr. Gary W. Potter, Jenna Meglen
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Format: Hardcover 130 pages

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Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City (ISBN-13: 9781540219213 and ISBN-10: 1540219216), written by authors Dr. Thomas Barker, Dr. Gary W. Potter, Jenna Meglen, was published by History Press Library Editions in 2008. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other True Crime (State & Local, United States History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Wicked Newport: Kentucky's Sin City (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used True Crime books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.9.

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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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