The Vapors - A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice
epub | 43.69 MB | English | Author :David Hill | 1250086116 | 2020 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Book Description :

One of "21 books we can't wait to read in 2020" -Thrillist
"Complex, turbulent, as haunting as a pedal steel solo" -Jonathan Miles, The New York Times Book Review
A New York Times Book Review summer reading pick
Named one of the 10 best July books by The Washington Post and The Christian Science Monitor
A Kirkus Revie hottest summer read | A Publishers Weekly summer reads staff pick

The incredible true story of America's original-and forgotten-capital of vice

Back in the days before Vegas was big, when the Mob was at its peak and neon lights were but a glimmer on the horizon, a little Southern town styled itself as a premier destination for the American leisure class. Hot Springs, Arkansas was home to healing waters, Art Deco splendor, and America's original national park-as well as horse racing, nearly a dozen...

Category : | Organized Crime True Accounts, History of Race & Ethnicity, Biographies of Organized Crime