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The Incredible True Story Of America's Original—and Forgotten—capital Of Vice Back In The Days Before Vegas Was Big, When The Mob Was At Its Peak And Neon Lights Were But A Glimmer On The Horizon, A Little Southern Town Styled Itself As A Premier Destination For The American Leisure Class. Hot Springs, Arkansas Was Home To Healing Waters, Art Deco Splendor, And America’s Original National Park—as Well As Horse Racing, Nearly A Dozen Illegal Casinos, Countless Backrooms And Brothels, And Some Of The Country’s Most Bald-faced Criminals. Gangsters, Gamblers, And Gamines: All Once Flocked To America’s Forgotten Capital Of Vice, A Place Where Small-town Hustlers And Bigtime High-rollers Could Make Their Fortunes, And Hide From The Law. The Vapors Is The Extraordinary Story Of Three Individuals—spanning The Golden Decades Of Hot Springs, From The 1930s Through The 1960s—and The Lavish Casino Whose Spectacular Rise And Fall Would Bring Them Together Before Blowing Them Apart. Hazel Hill Was Still A Young Girl When Legendary Mobster Owney Madden Rolled Into Town In His Convertible, Fresh Off A Crime Spree In New York. He Quickly Established Himself As The Gentleman Godfather Of Hot Springs

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Author

David Hill, (Author)

Publisher

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781250086112

Category

history

Subjects

History, American Studies, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (917 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14