Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
by Karen Abbott
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Author: Karen AbbottEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-10
ISBN: 0812975995
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Summary: 5 Stars
Sin In The Second City provides a companion piece of sorts to the more male dominated guns and liqour side of 1930's Chicago, and shines a light on the corruption influenced by the more sophisticated brothel owners of the city, the notorious Everleigh Sisters and how they managed to do so without weapons or threats that their male counterparts would have resorted to.
Writer Karen Abbott's research also helps to provide the most accurate account of their lives to date, debunking many of the Everleigh myths on her way to revealing the truths.
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