Betting, booze, and brothels : vice, corruption, and justice in Jefferson County, Texas, from Spindletop to the 1960s /
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 ke...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Austin, Texas :
Eakin Press,
[2006]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is inscribed by Landrey to Don Kelly; contains a handwritten signed note (1 leaf) from Landrey to Don Kelly. |
| Physical Description: | xxii, 227 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1571689176 9781571689177 |