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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City

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Providing the muse and source material for the impending HBO series produced by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Terence Winter, this riveting and wide-reaching history explores the sordid past of Atlantic City—eternally a freewheeling town long-dedicated to the short buck—from town’s heyday as a Prohibition-era mecca of lawlessness to its rebirth as a legitimate casino resort within the brand new era. A colorful cast of powerful characters, led by “Commodore” Kuehnle and “Nucky” Johnson, populates this stranger-than-fiction account of corrupt politics and the toxic power structure that grew out of guile, finesse, and extortion. Atlantic City’s shadowy past—through its upward thrust, fall, and rebirth—is given new light on this revealing, and frequently appalling, study of legislative abuse and organized crime.


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