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<p><p> <i>the Night Club Era</i> Should Rate As A Broadway Koran. Other Books On The Subject Are Unnecessary If They Agree With It, Wrong If They Differ From It, And In Either Case Should Be Burned. &#151; Alva Johnston, From The Introduction</p><p>written In The Aftermath Of Prohibition, Stanley Walker's <i>the Night Club Era</i> Is A Lively And Idiosyncratic Account Of The People And Places That Defined New York's Night Life During The Era Of The Great American Madness. Here We Meet Murderers And Millionaires, Gangsters, Bartenders, Celebrities Of The Stage, Screen, And Society, And A Host Of Other Colorful Characters Who Populated The City's Diverse Night Clubs, From El Fey To The Cotton Club. Walker Relives The Night Of Incredulous Sadness On Which The Volstead Act Went Into Effect, Visits A Classic Speakeasy, Discussing The Owner's Delicate Arrangements With Policemen, Prohibition Agents, And Bootleggers, And Details The Frequently Brutal Swindles Practiced In The City's Numerous Clip Joints And The Tactics Of The Era's Crime Organizations, Explaining Precisely What Happens When One Is Taken For A Ride. Among The Larger-than-life Night Club Habitu&eacute;s Walker Sketches Are

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Author

Stanley Walker

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801862915

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

5 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14