Empire of sin
a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern New Orleans
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Word Count
104,000 words, Guess
Page Count
416 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27164764M
- ISBN-139780770437060
- ISBN-100770437060
- OCLC Control Number869904695
- OCLC Control Number2014003191
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- Library of Congress Control Number2014003191
Classifications
- DDC976.3/35061
- LCCF379.N557 K75 2014
Description
"From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City. Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' thirty-years 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 one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides. Surrounding him are the stories of flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one extremely violent serial killer, all battling for primacy in a wild and wicked city unlike any other in the world"--
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