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PublisherPlexus Publishing, Incorporated

ISBN-100966674863

ISBN-139780966674866

eBay Product ID (ePID)84474824

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Book TitleBoardwalk Empire : the Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City

Number of Pages312 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Corruption & Misconduct, General, Organized Crime, Customs & Traditions

Publication Year2010

GenrePolitical Science, True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorNelson Johnson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"ReadBoardwalk Empire. . . .Johnson spares no detail when painting a picture of the illegal activities that flourished in Atlantic City." --Egg Harbor News(New Jersey), "Read Boardwalk Empire. . . . Johnson spares no detail when painting a picture of the illegal activities that flourished in Atlantic City." — Egg Harbor News (New Jersey), "Read Boardwalk Empire. . . . Johnson spares no detail when painting a picture of the illegal activities that flourished in Atlantic City." -- Egg Harbor News (New Jersey)

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal974.9/85

SynopsisProviding the inspiration and source material for the upcoming HBO series produced by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Terence Winter, this riveting and wide-reaching history explores the sordid past of Atlantic City--forever a freewheeling town long-dedicated to the fast buck--from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort in the modern era. A colorful cast of powerful characters, led by "Commodore" Kuehnle and "Nucky" Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse, and extortion. Atlantic City's shadowy past--through its rise, fall, and rebirth--is given new light in this revealing, and often appalling, study of legislative abuse and organized crime., Providing the inspiration and source material for the upcoming HBO series produced by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Terence Winter, this riveting and wide-reaching history explores the sordid past of Atlantic City--forever a freewheeling town long-dedicated to the fast buck--from the city's heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort in the modern era. A colorful cast of powerful characters, led by "Commodore" Kuehnle and "Nucky" Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse, and extortion. Atlantic City's shadowy past--through its rise, fall, and rebirth--is given new light in this revealing, and often appalling, study of legislative abuse and organized crime.