The vapors : a Southern family, the New York mob, and the rise and fall of Hot Springs, America's forgotten capital of vice /
Describes the history of Hot Springs, Arkansas. The author plots the trajectory of everything from organized crime to America's fraught racial past, examining how a town synonymous with white gangsters supported a burgeoning black middle class. He reveals how the louche underbelly of the South...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
[2020]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Evans: Library Stacks
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F419.H8 H55 2020 |
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Call Number | Status | Get It |
F419.H8 H55 2020 | Available |