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Forbidden fruit : Sin City's underworld and the Supper Club inferno / by Peter Bronson.
"Forbidden fruit has it all: mobsters, hookers, murder and dice; dirty cops, crooked politicians, arson and cold-blooded hit men. It has a surprising back door to assassinations that shook the world. And then it comes home to a haunted hilltop where a nightmare tragedy scorched the earth. there's a colorful cast of gangsters, gamblers, strippers and mob bosses, and a few courageous citizens and lawmen who dared to fight back. This amazing history of Northern Kentucky's 'Sin City' underworld begins as the first match was struck in 1936, and follows 40 years of crime and corruption up to the Supper Club fire of 1977--with stops in Dealey Plaza and Las Vegas, which both have roots in a nightclub that was the jewel of Cincinnati's playground"--Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781733995573
- ISBN: 1733995579
- Physical Description: 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Loveland, Ohio : Chilidog Press, LLC, [2020]
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: 1930s. The mob lights a match ; ''Gamblers' war blamed' ; Swift and speedy trials ; The morning after ; One judge takes a stand ; Nightclubs at war -- Part II: 1940s. Under new ownership ; 'Nightclub raid finds nothing' ; 'Gangland guns bark' ; Gambling vs. The law -- Part III: 1950s. Estes in plunderland ; Gambling: refuge of thugs ; Mistress to the mob ; Law of the jungle ; The prime minster of crime ; 'I've never had any publicity' ; Gambling high, morals low ; Big Jim's Hi-De-Ho Club -- Part IV: 1960s. Disorganized crime ; A new sheriff in town ; Two Kennedys, two Newports ; A prime example of corruption ; Make a federal case out of it ; Round two: Kennedy vs. Lester ; Surprise twist for Screw Andrews ; 'A very close informant' ; 'Take the stone out of my shoe' ; Backrooms and bingo parlors -- Part V: 1970s. Reaping the whirlwhind ; The second fire at Beverly Hills ; Fire on the hill ; The day after ; Sifting through the ashes ; Down in the basement -- Epilogue. The last reunion. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 364.1 BRO 2020 (Text) | 0002205545375 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | 364.1 BRO 2020 (Text) | 0002205545383 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | 364.1 BRO 2020 (Text) | 0002205545391 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
