Wicked Terre Haute
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Wicked Terre Haute

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Wicked Terre Haute

About this book

Join local historian Tim Crumrin as he reveals the blackguards, rogues and swindlers of Terre Haute's rough and rowdy past.


For more than a century, Terre Haute earned its reputation as a sin city. One of the most notorious red-light districts in the Midwest, the West End, housed sixty brothels and nearly one thousand prostitutes at its height in the 1920s. Across this sordid scene strode the stylish and indomitable Edith Brown, the city's most famous madam. When Prohibition made the city bootlegger central, violence erupted as rival gangs vied for turf. Gamblers flooded in from all corners of the country, making Terre Haute's Wire Room second only to Las Vegas. Through it all, corrupt politicians like Mayor Donn Roberts profited handsomely from grift and deception.

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Publisher
The History Press
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781439666388
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. FRAIL SISTERHOOD OF THE BAGNIO
  9. CURSE OF THE WHITE QUEEN OF CHINATOWN
  10. THE OTHER WEST END
  11. DUH MAYOR
  12. KING OF THE VICE TRUST
  13. THE QUEEN AND CROWN PRINCE OF VICE
  14. A GANGSTER NAMED BOOBIE
  15. OUR GANGS
  16. BLOOD ON THE STREETS
  17. GOOD COP, BAD COP
  18. RED LIGHT, RED LIGHT
  19. A MADAM’S LIFE
  20. FROM TERRE HAUTE TO ETERNITY
  21. ANY PUBLICITY IS GOOD PUBLICITY?
  22. AND SIN NO MORE
  23. Epilogue
  24. Bibliography
  25. About the Author

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