GARY KRIST EMPIRE OF SIN SERIAL
Surrounding him are the stories of flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one extremely violent serial killer, all battling for primacy in a wild and wicked city unlike any other in the world"- Assigning source Provided by publisher Biography type contains biographical information Cataloging source DLC Krist, Gary Dewey number 976.3/35061 Illustrations illustrations Index index present LC call number F379.N557 LC item number K75 2014 Literary form non fiction Nature of contents bibliography This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides.
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. Language eng Summary "From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City.
Sex customs - Louisiana | New Orleans - History - 20th century.New Orleans (La.) - Social conditions - 20th century.Murder - Louisiana | New Orleans - History - 20th century.Jazz - Social aspects - Louisiana | New Orleans - History - 20th century.Crime - Louisiana | New Orleans - History - 20th century.Corruption - Louisiana | New Orleans - History - 20th century.That said, Empire of Sin is a gripping and enjoyable read.Label Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern New Orleans Title Empire of sin Title remainder a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern New Orleans Statement of responsibility Gary Krist Creator Only a couple of forced paragraphs trace the links between the times Krist studies to the tourist mecca that the Crescent City is today despite Katrina. “The Battle for Modern New Orleans” subtitle proves utterly overstated as what he traces is the battle for New Orleans of the 1920s. Despite vast research, Krist leaves the identity of “The Axman” unresolved, more or less. The shortcomings of Empire of Sin derive from its broad reach as true crime story incorporating a history of New Orleans during the Storyville era. Nonetheless, he carefully connects the events to economics and politics and how those forces created and destroyed Storyville and sent jazz out into the world. Never inserting dialog or scenes that are not documented in primary sources or memoirs of those involved, Krist offers stories as vivid as any novel. Within that frame, Empire of Sin hits its stride in the tales of Tom Anderson, the state assemblyman popularly called “the Mayor of Storyville” and of the early years of jazz from Buddy Bolden through Sidney Bechet and Kid Ory to Louis Armstrong. In fact, Krist wraps the entire book around the still unsolved and still alleged serial killing spree of “The Axman.” Those expecting merely a history of Storyville, still America’s most famed red-light district almost a century after its demise in 1918, will be surprised to jump in with a story about an ax murder. Krist attempts to weave into one narrative an assortment of stories from NOLA during the three decades from 1890 to 1920. Published just before Halloween last, Gary Krist’s Empire of Sin: Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans moves with novel-like page-turning speed despite being based in substantial primary historical research. Gary Krist, Empire of Sin: Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans (New York: Crown, 2014)
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