Format:
1 online resource (xii, 392 p.)
ISBN:
9780822391661
,
082239166X
Series Statement:
American encounters/global interactions
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 -- Captain 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:
Description based on print version record. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822346913
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Vanderwood, Paul J., 1929 - Satan's playground Durham, [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010 ISBN 9780822346913
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822347026
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1215/9780822391661
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822391661?locatt=mode:legacy