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Wicked

Kentucky's Sin City

By: Dr Thomas Barker, Dr Gary W Potter, Jenna Meglen

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Paperback | 1 October 2008

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Controlled by the heavy hand of the mob and fueled by government corruption,

Newport evolved through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into a

notoriously robust center of criminal activity. With top political and law

enforcement officials often on the take, the seedy status quo became so

excessive that a May 1961 issue of "Time" magazine declared, "Newport has

developed such a gaudy brand of gambling and prostitution that it stands today

as one of the nation's most blatant sin centers."

Eastern Kentucky University

Professors Gary Potter and Thomas Barker, both experts on organized crime,

along with Jenna Meglen, offer up a captivating chronicle of Newport's

criminal development, complete with thought-provoking assessments of

the possible advantages that organized crime brought to the city commonly

considered to be Las Vegas's predecessor.

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