Unorganized crime : New Orleans in the 1920s / by Louis Vyhnanek.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vyhnanek, Louis Andrew
Language:English
Published: Lafayette, La. : Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1998.
Subjects:
Crime > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Criminals > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Organized crime > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
New Orleans (La.) > Politics and government.
New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions.
Physical Description:viii, 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The city that care forget
  • New Orleans crime: the politicians and the press
  • New Orleans crime: the police
  • The wettest dry city in America
  • The free state of New Orleans: gambling in the crescent city
  • Photo essay
  • Mayors and state political figures
  • Newspaper figures
  • Police chiefs and detectives
  • Crime and criminals
  • Soiled doves: the role of the prostitute in New Orleans
  • "Muggles," "Inchy," and "Mud": illegal drugs in New Orleans
  • The myth of the mafia: organized crime in New Orleans
  • New Orleans crime during the 1920s: an evaluation.