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Bad bet on the bayou : the rise of gambling in Louisiana and the fall of Governor Edwin Edwards / Tyler Bridges.
Van Pelt Library HV6721.L8 B75 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bridges, Tyler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gambling--Louisiana.
- Gambling.
- Gambling industry--Corrupt practices--Louisiana.
- Gambling industry.
- Political corruption--Louisiana.
- Political corruption.
- Edwards, Edwin W.
- Corruption.
- Louisiana.
- Physical Description:
- 422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001.
- Summary:
- A sweeping morality tale of gambling, fast cash, and dirty politics, "Bad Bet on the Bayou" tells what happened when a corrupt industry came to Louisiana. Photos.
- Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-405) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0374108307
- OCLC:
- 45283242
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