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Empire Of Sin: A Story Of Sex, Jazz, Murder, And The Battle For Modern New Orleans (2014)

by Gary Krist(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0770437060 (ISBN13: 9780770437060)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Crown

review 1: If you're already missing "Boardwalk Empire," you're in luck; EMPIRE IN SIN is here for you. A factual account of the rise and fall of Storyville, the legendary home of jazz (and everything else forbidden and fun) in New Orleans, and the contemporaneous series of murders of locals. Race, vice, violence, sex, graft and Louis Armstrong; it's never dull in New Orleans, but Krist found and reports exceedingly well about a memorable and transformative decade.
review 2: An interesting enough book pretty well researched that covers the wild and woolly history of New Orleans around the turn of the last century. The book delves into episodes of crime, mayhem, Storyville, and the nascent jazz movement that really originated here. The book for me bogged down into some ted... moreium with what seemed a little too much detail to fill pages. However on balance it was interesting enough to keep things moving along and an overall enjoyable and informative read. New Orleans' checkered history is still part of its appeal today where people come to party and blow off steam. Luckily it is maybe not quite as dangerous as those yester years. Maybe. less

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