Boardwalk Empire

Through most of the twentieth century, Atlantic City was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson - the second of the three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society. In "Boardwalk Empire", Nucky Johnson, Louis 'the Commodore' Kuehnle, Frank 'Hap' Farley, and Atlantic City itself spring to life in all their garish splendour. Author Nelson Johnson traces 'AC' from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort, through the notorious backroom politics and power struggles, to the city's rebirth as an international entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes. "Boardwalk Empire" is the true story that inspired the epic HBO series starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt and Kelly Macdonald. "As good, if not better, than the television series". ("Independent").

ISBN 0091941253   Pages 304 ISBN13 9780091941253 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 264 Publisher Ebury Press   Published in London Imprint Ebury Press   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 126 Publication date 03 Nov 2011   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 974.985   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC23

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