Format:
XII, 392 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9780822346913
,
9780822347026
Series Statement:
American encounters
Content:
The mob strikes the border barons -- Mobs -- Playground of the hemisphere -- Fortuitous breaks -- Border Babylon -- King of border vice -- "They're off!" -- Prohibition's bounty -- The new wave -- Agua Caliente in gestation -- Building Camelot -- Capt. Jerry's day -- "Silent" Marty's oration -- Veracity -- Fixes -- Sentencing and censoring -- Hollywood's playground -- "Place your bets!" -- Get the barons -- Fools and thieves -- A dead cock in the pit -- What ever happened to? -- Ghosts
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375 - 384) and index
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Vanderwood, Paul J. Satan's playground Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010 ISBN 0822346915
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0822347024
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822346913
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822347026
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Vanderwood, Paul J., 1929 - Satan's playground Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010 ISBN 9780822391661
Additional Edition:
ISBN 082239166X
Language:
English
