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
Category:
True Crime
,
State & Local
,
United States History
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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
Category:
True Crime
,
State & Local
,
United States History
Summary
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.
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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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