Bibliograph

The vapors, a southern family, the New York mob, and the rise and fall of Hot Springs, America's forgotten capital of vice, David Hill

Type

Label

The vapors, a southern family, the New York mob, and the rise and fall of Hot Springs, America's forgotten capital of vice, David Hill

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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Literary text for sound recordings

other

Main title

The vapors

Medium

sound recording

Music parts

not applicable

Oclc number

1157237288

Responsibility statement

David Hill

Sub title

a southern family, the New York mob, and the rise and fall of Hot Springs, America's forgotten capital of vice

Summary

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 was also home to veterans hospitals and baseball's spring training grounds, giving rise to everyone from Babe Ruth to President Bill Clinton

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

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