Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City

Nelson Johnson

Plexus Pub., 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 278 pages

Traces Atlantic City from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort, through the notorious backroom politics and power struggles, to the city's rebirth as an international entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
• Author: Nelson Johnson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Plexus Pub., 2002
• ISBN: 0937548499, 9780937548493
• Length: 278 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; History / Social History; History / United States / State & Local / General; History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); Political Science / Corruption & Misconduct; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Social Science / General