Empire of Sin
A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
Large Print - 2015
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 History PickEmpire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' thirty-year war against itself, pitting the city's elite "better half" against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early 20th-century battle centers on Tom Anderson, the czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts on all sides.
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Publisher:
Waterville, Maine :, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning,, 2015, ©2014.
Edition:
Large print edition
ISBN:
9781410474872
1410474879
1410474879
Branch Call Number:
LPE 976. 335061 AND K
Characteristics:
699 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits.
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Add a CommentIt's interesting how much the forces for law and order were about keeping a Jim Crow "order" among the races.
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