Sin In The Second City
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Sin In The Second City
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Author : Karen Abbott
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2007-07-10
Sin In The Second City written by Karen Abbott and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-10 with History categories.
Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history–and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club’s proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where thirty stunning Everleigh “butterflies” awaited their arrival. Courtesans named Doll, Suzy Poon Tang, and Brick Top devoured raw meat to the delight of Prince Henry of Prussia and recited poetry for Theodore Dreiser. Whereas lesser madams pocketed most of a harlot’s earnings and kept a “whipper” on staff to mete out discipline, the Everleighs made sure their girls dined on gourmet food, were examined by an honest physician, and even tutored in the literature of Balzac. Not everyone appreciated the sisters’ attempts to elevate the industry. Rival Levee madams hatched numerous schemes to ruin the Everleighs, including an attempt to frame them for the death of department store heir Marshall Field, Jr. But the sisters’ most daunting foes were the Progressive Era reformers, who sent the entire country into a frenzy with lurid tales of “white slavery”——the allegedly rampant practice of kidnapping young girls and forcing them into brothels. This furor shaped America’ s sexual culture and had repercussions all the way to the White House, including the formation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With a cast of characters that includes Jack Johnson, John Barrymore, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., William Howard Taft, “Hinky Dink” Kenna, and Al Capone, Sin in the Second City is Karen Abbott’s colorful, nuanced portrait of the iconic Everleigh sisters, their world-famous Club, and the perennial clash between our nation’s hedonistic impulses and Puritanical roots. Culminating in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading reformers, Sin in the Second City offers a vivid snapshot of America’s journey from Victorian-era propriety to twentieth-century modernity.
City Of Sin
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Author : Catharine Arnold
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-08-05
City Of Sin written by Catharine Arnold and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-05 with History categories.
If Paris is the city of love, then London is the city of lust. For over a thousand years, England's capital has been associated with desire, avarice and the sins of the flesh. Richard of Devises, a monk writing in 1180, warned that 'every quarter [of the city] abounds in great obscenities'. As early as the second century AD, London was notorious for its raucous festivities and disorderly houses, and throughout the centuries the bawdy side of life has taken easy root and flourished. In the third book of her fascinating London trilogy, award-winning popular historian Catharine Arnold turns her gaze to the city's relationship with vice through the ages. From the bath houses and brothels of Roman Londinium, to the stews and Molly houses of the 17thand 18thcenturies, London has always traded in the currency of sex. Whether pornographic publishers on Fleet Street, or fancy courtesans parading in Haymarket, its streets have long been witness to colourful sexual behaviour. In her usual accessible and entertaining style, Arnold takes us on a journey through the fleshpots of London from earliest times to present day. Here are buxom strumpets, louche aristocrats, popinjay politicians and Victorian flagellants - all vying for their place in London's league of licentiousness. From sexual exuberance to moral panic, the city has seen the pendulum swing from Puritanism to hedonism and back again. With latter chapters looking at Victorian London and the sexual underground of the 20thcentury and beyond, this is a fascinating and vibrant chronicle of London at its most raw and ribald.
Frank Miller S Sin City Volume 1 The Hard Goodbye Fourth Edition
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Author : Frank Miller
language : en
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Release Date : 2021-11-23
Frank Miller S Sin City Volume 1 The Hard Goodbye Fourth Edition written by Frank Miller and has been published by Dark Horse Comics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-23 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
"Tough guy Marv is out for revenge for the murder of a prostitute named Goldie"--
City Of Sin
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Author : Giles Emerson
language : en
Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
Release Date : 2003
City Of Sin written by Giles Emerson and has been published by Carlton Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Sin City
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Author : Frank Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Sin City written by Frank Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Psychopathic hard man, Marvin, is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the murderer of his lover, Goldie, and the police. As he teams up with Goldie's twin sister and friends, he finds himself taking on the corrupt authorities and the influential man behind it all - Cardinal Rock.--Amazon.com.
A Dame To Kill For
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Author : Frank Miller
language : en
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Release Date : 1995
A Dame To Kill For written by Frank Miller and has been published by Dark Horse Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Art categories.
Photographer Dwight McCarthy tries to lead a clean life but finds his efforts tested when a girl from his past arrives, proclaiming her undying love for Dwight and hiding a dark secret. Contains adult content.
City Of Sin
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Author : Ivy Smoak
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-02-05
City Of Sin written by Ivy Smoak and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-05 with categories.
Nothing seems to be going Bee's way. She's been knocked down by her ex, her job, and the city in general. Could a blind date really be the start to the much needed change she's been hoping for? When Bee is already running late, a sexy stranger steals her cab. And once she finally arrives at the restaurant and finds out that he's her date, the night takes an unexpected turn. Maybe this sexy stranger is exactly what she's needed this whole time... Except Mason Caldwell is not a good man. A renowned playboy, heir to his family's fortune, and willing to do whatever it takes to make his dreams come true, he's not looking for a change. He's looking for vengeance. And a woman he barely knows is definitely not going to get in his way. But he can't stop thinking about her. Sometimes you don't know what you really want until it's right in front of you.
City Of Devils
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Author : Paul French
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-06-28
City Of Devils written by Paul French and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-28 with True Crime categories.
'Shanghai's champion storyteller - He grips his reader to the end' Economist 'Gripping, breakneck ultra-noir reminiscent of vintage Ellroy' David Peace, author of Red or Dead 'If you love Richard Lloyd Parry and David Grann, don't miss City of Devils' Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me 1930s Shanghai could give Chicago a run for its money. In the years before the Japanese invaded, the city was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, fortunes made - and lost. 'Lucky' Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison in the States, spotted a craze for gambling and rose to become the Slot King of Shanghai. Ruler of the clubs in that day was 'Dapper' Joe Farren - a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto with a dream of dance halls. His chorus lines rivalled Ziegfeld's and his name was in lights above the city's biggest casino. In 1940 they bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation and genocide. They thought they ruled Shanghai; but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction they left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams seemed possible. In the vein of true crime books whose real brilliance is the recreation of a time and place, this is an impeccably researched narrative non-fiction told with superb energy and brio, as if James Ellroy had stumbled into a Shanghai cathouse.
Sin City
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Author : G. W. Reynolds, III
language : en
Publisher: High-Pitched Hum Incorporated
Release Date : 2005-06-01
Sin City written by G. W. Reynolds, III and has been published by High-Pitched Hum Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-01 with Education categories.
Sin City is a window into some of the basic problems facing public school educators. Dr. Reynolds has written a powerful, true life saga, based upon actual experiences he had as a principal in public schools.
Sins Of The City
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Author : Jim Heimann
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 1999-05-01
Sins Of The City written by Jim Heimann and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-01 with Social Science categories.
New in town, huh? Look around, kidpalm trees, movie stars, glittering promises of fame and fortune....Now look closer, and you'll see the real action in the City of Angels: goons and thugs, backroom dice clubs, motel room cheesecake shots, crusading cops, and a few unlucky saps who didn't make it out alive. Sins of the City is a daring photographic compendium of vintage vice in Los Angeles from the '20s to the '50s, the true-life pictures of a milieu immortalized in the hard-bitten novels of Raymond Chandler, Walter Mosley, and James Ellroy, and such films as Criss Cross, Double Indemnity, Chinatown, and LA Confidential. Pore over 200 shots of the people, places, and events that only tabloids such as Hush-Hush, Confidential, and Whisper dared publish. Witness the LAPD bust a floating casino, see a dapper Bugsy Siegel "before" (living) and "after" (deeply deceased), and marvel at the criminal excess of marijuana-stuffed suitcases. Author Jim Heimann has scoured archives and newspaper morgues for prime examples of Southland's inglorious past, presenting a compelling history of its notorious corruption. Sure, it's a tough city, but thankfully someone was there to record it all.