The Boardwalk Jungle by Demaris - a little long in some spots, but some good insight into the Mob in Atlantic City.
By SC


Unless you have major interest in Atlantic City, stay away from this one. Not only is it long in some spots, it can slo be extremely boring.

There's another book by Demaris (with Ed Reid), called Green Felt Jungle, written in 1964.

It tells the story of Las Vegas, from the days of Bugsy Siegal through the early 60's (when it was stilled pretty much Mafia-controlled).

I'd heard of it, but never read it. I just looked it up on the Web, though, and one review stated that it had an index of all the 250 names of the individuals who were shareholders in the 15 major Las Vegas casinos at the time.

A couple of sites offered it for sale. Maybe I'll buy it.


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