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MoreEmpire of Sinby Gary KristPrice: $26.00(Hardcover)Published: October 28, 2014Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)From the Publisher: From bestselling author Gary Krist, avibrant and immersive account of New Orleans’ other civilwar, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, andendemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans’thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city’s elite “better half”against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice,perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers onone man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city'sStoryville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empireintact as it faces onslaughts from all sides. Surrounding him arethe stories of flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers,dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one…Rate This Book|Rate/ReviewAdd To BookshelfGet This Book
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Personalize / Add More ChoicesWhat We SayThis history of New Orleans -- or more specifically of Storyville, the sin-filled epicenter of that city -- begins like acrime novel. A horrific ax murder rekindles memories of a rampaging assassin many years ago. Author Gary Kristdeftly jumps back in time and uses these bursts of violence to tell his real story. That tale is the battle of New Orleansover its soul. It began when the city was overrun with prostitution and gambling and sin of every nature. The prim andthe proper worked with the politicians who weren't in on the take to isolate this depravity into an area that was soondubbed Storyville. And that's when the real fun began. For decades, the semi-legal status of vice in thatneighborhood allowed it to flourish and the brothels and gambling dens of New Orleans became infamous the worldover. And black Storyville helped launch jazz into the world, offering another panoply of characters of the musical kid,climaxing with Louis Armstrong. Krist covers it all in vivid form, from madams who vow to give it all up (after theymake one last pile of cash) to the "mayor" of Storyville who held it all together in his strong but genial grip, TomAnderson. Gang wars, petty jealousies, political machinations and lots of liquor and guns give this narrative a realkick. And Krist brings it all back to those terrible crimes with panache. Of course, New Orleans then stamped out vicefor good (or as much as one can stamp out human nature), only to turn around and realize its unsavory reputationwas good for tourism and embrace it all over again. This highly entertaining work shows where that good/bad namebegan. -- Michael GiltzLessWhat Others SayPraise for Empire of SinWashington Post's Top 10 Best Books of 2014Seattle Times Best Books of 2014Library Journal’s Top 10 Best Books of 2014"[A] well-reported and colorful tale of jazz, sex, crime, and corruption. I can attest, as a native of New Orleans, that inEmpire of Sin [Krist] has captured the flavors and class nuances of the town. And his interwoven storylines,intentional or not, evoke a piece of jazz.”—Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review“[G]rander in scope and scale…an absorbing history with a body count…Politics, vice and culture are inextricableelements of the whole, and he covers them all with equal skill and devotion… Mr. Krist can turn a phrase with thebest. He also allows his characters and sources plenty of opportunity to speak, with the result a delightfulconversation. The remainder of Storyville’s tale…provides ample fodder for Mr. Krist’s talent as a storyteller andstrength as a researcher. He has written the authoritative account of a raucous American experiment.”—Wall Street Journal"Empire of Sin had me at the subtitle—who could resist…MoreWhat You Say
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MoreEmpire of Sinby Gary KristPrice: $26.00(Hardcover)Published: October 28, 2014Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)From the Publisher: From bestselling author Gary Krist, avibrant and immersive account of New Orleans’ other civilwar, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, andendemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans’thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city’s elite “better half”against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice,perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers onone man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city'sStoryville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empireintact as it faces onslaughts from all sides. Surrounding him arethe stories of flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers,dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one…Rate This Book|Rate/ReviewAdd To BookshelfGet This Book
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Personalize / Add More ChoicesWhat We SayThis history of New Orleans -- or more specifically of Storyville, the sin-filled epicenter of that city -- begins like acrime novel. A horrific ax murder rekindles memories of a rampaging assassin many years ago. Author Gary Kristdeftly jumps back in time and uses these bursts of violence to tell his real story. That tale is the battle of New Orleansover its soul. It began when the city was overrun with prostitution and gambling and sin of every nature. The prim andthe proper worked with the politicians who weren't in on the take to isolate this depravity into an area that was soondubbed Storyville. And that's when the real fun began. For decades, the semi-legal status of vice in thatneighborhood allowed it to flourish and the brothels and gambling dens of New Orleans became infamous the worldover. And black Storyville helped launch jazz into the world, offering another panoply of characters of the musical kid,climaxing with Louis Armstrong. Krist covers it all in vivid form, from madams who vow to give it all up (after theymake one last pile of cash) to the "mayor" of Storyville who held it all together in his strong but genial grip, TomAnderson. Gang wars, petty jealousies, political machinations and lots of liquor and guns give this narrative a realkick. And Krist brings it all back to those terrible crimes with panache. Of course, New Orleans then stamped out vicefor good (or as much as one can stamp out human nature), only to turn around and realize its unsavory reputationwas good for tourism and embrace it all over again. This highly entertaining work shows where that good/bad namebegan. -- Michael GiltzLessWhat Others SayPraise for Empire of SinWashington Post's Top 10 Best Books of 2014Seattle Times Best Books of 2014Library Journal’s Top 10 Best Books of 2014"[A] well-reported and colorful tale of jazz, sex, crime, and corruption. I can attest, as a native of New Orleans, that inEmpire of Sin [Krist] has captured the flavors and class nuances of the town. And his interwoven storylines,intentional or not, evoke a piece of jazz.”—Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review“[G]rander in scope and scale…an absorbing history with a body count…Politics, vice and culture are inextricableelements of the whole, and he covers them all with equal skill and devotion… Mr. Krist can turn a phrase with thebest. He also allows his characters and sources plenty of opportunity to speak, with the result a delightfulconversation. The remainder of Storyville’s tale…provides ample fodder for Mr. Krist’s talent as a storyteller andstrength as a researcher. He has written the authoritative account of a raucous American experiment.”—Wall Street Journal"Empire of Sin had me at the subtitle—who could resist…MoreWhat You Say