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Betting Booze and Brothels: Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas

Betting Booze and Brothels: Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Wanda a. Landrey, Laura C. O'ToolePublish date:2006-10-01Pages:250
Language:EnglishPublisher:Eakin PressISBN-13:9781571689177ISBN-10:1571689176UPC:9781571689177Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.86 x 6.39 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC4RNE422C

By the turn of the twentieth century, Beaumont, Texas had acquired a reputation as a rough place. Situated in the oil-soaked chaos of Spindletop, Jefferson County was a hotbed of vice. For decades, gambling and prostitution thrived as elected officials either looked the other way or took money to keep quiet. That is, until 1960 when a swashbuckling young state legislator blew into town and spearheaded an intensive investigation into the rampant vice and governmental corruption that supported it. And, at a time when such things were virtually unheard of, he and his committee played it out on live television. When the dust finally cleared, the local governments of Jefferson County were turned inside out.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Eakin PressISBN-13:9781571689177ISBN-10:1571689176UPC:9781571689177Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.86 x 6.39 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC4RNE422C
Publisher: Eakin Press

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