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Betting, Booze, and Brothels, Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas from Spindetop to the 1960s
Austin: Eakin Press, 2006. 1st edition. 227 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Both are in FINE condition. SIGNED by O’Toole.
A very hard-to-find hardcover edition of the story of Beaumont and Jefferson County, a hotbed of vice where gambling and prostitution thrived because local officials looked the other way or, in some cases, took money to keep quiet. Beaumont, county seat of Jefferson and home of Spindletop. From the town’s earliest days, the city has exhibited an ambivalent mindset toward the “houses of ill repute” and other vice. A tale told in an unflinching, yet affectionate, manner.
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