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Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern New Orleans Cover Image Large Print Book

Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern New Orleans [large print] / by Gary Krist.

Krist, Gary. (Author).

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Describes the internal struggle in early-twentieth-century New Orleans between the city's upper crust and the underworld, focusing on the head of the red light district, who fought to keep his vice business at the top in a wicked city.

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  • ISBN: 9781410474872
  • ISBN: 1410474879
  • Physical Description: 699 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

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