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

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Ebury, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 284 pages
The book that inspired the HBO series, 'Boardwalk Empire' brings to life Nucky and the whole cast of his shady associates. Recounting the life of this fascinating city and its most colourful residents, its a brilliantly told story of a city built on cards and dice, booze and broads.

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About the author (2011)

Nelson Johnson's family lived in Atlantic County before the city was founded, and he is himself a lifelong resident of Hammonton, New Jersey. He practiced law for 30 years, and was attorney for the Atlantic City Planning Board at the time many applications for the building of the casinos were approved. Fascinated by the complicated history of Atlantic City, Nelson spent almost two decades interviewing, researching and writing to create Boardwalk Empire.