Gamblers & Gangsters : Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950s, P...

Description: A gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas, during the 1930s, through the 1950s, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps, and lawmen on the take. The author recounts the days when Fort Worth was as wide open as Las Vegas with gambling and crime that rivaled New York and Chicago with mob hits, exploding cars, and late-night police raids. The personalities were larger than life, some went on to fame in other parts of the country such as Las Vegas gambling pioneer Benny Binion. While others met an early demise such as Herbert “The Cat” Noble. Jacksboro Highway resembled “The Strip” in Las Vegas with casinos and night clubs that served as the epicenter for illegal activity, and the money and the blood flowed, while the law turned a blind eye to the mayhem. Ann Arnold gives a detailed account of almost two dozen gangland slayings and spills the beans, naming names of those indicted, complete with the final report of a special grand jury that ended the era. Paperback - 6 x 9 - 232 pages Free United States Shipping

Price: 19.95 USD

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

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Region: American Southwest

Book Title: Gamblers and Gangsters : Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 40s and 50s

Number of Pages: 208 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Eakin Press

Topic: United States / State & Local / General, Murder / General, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), General, Organized Crime, Criminology

Publication Year: 1998

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 11.2 Oz

Author: Ann Arnold

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback