Betting Booze and Brothels (e-bog) af O'Toole, Laura  C.
O'Toole, Laura C. (forfatter)

Betting Booze and Brothels e-bog

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By the turn of the twentieth century, Beaumont, Texas, had acquired a reputation as a rough place. Situated in the oil-soaked chaos of Spindletop, Jefferson County was a hotbed of vice. For decades, gambling and prostitution thrived as elected officials either looked the other way or took money to keep quiet. That is, until 1960 when a swashbuckling young state legislator blew into town and spe...
E-bog 73,66 DKK
Forfattere O'Toole, Laura C. (forfatter)
Forlag Eakin Press
Udgivet 20 september 2020
Længde 250 sider
Genrer 1KBBW
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781681792019
By the turn of the twentieth century, Beaumont, Texas, had acquired a reputation as a rough place. Situated in the oil-soaked chaos of Spindletop, Jefferson County was a hotbed of vice. For decades, gambling and prostitution thrived as elected officials either looked the other way or took money to keep quiet. That is, until 1960 when a swashbuckling young state legislator blew into town and spearheaded an intensive investigation into the rampant vice and governmental corruption that supported it. And, at a time when such things were virtually unheard of, he and his committee played it out on live television. When the dust finally cleared, the local governments of Jefferson County were turned inside out.