{"product_id":"gamblers-gangsters-ann-arnold-9781681792569","title":"Gamblers \u0026 Gangsters: Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s \u0026 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas, during the 1930s, through the 1950s, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps, and lawmen on the take. The author recounts the days when Fort Worth was as wide open as Las Vegas with gambling and crime that rivaled New York and Chicago with mob hits, exploding cars, and late-night police raids. The personalities were larger than life, some went on to fame in other parts of the country such as Las Vegas gambling pioneer Benny Binion. While others met an early demise such as Herbert \"The Cat\" Noble. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacksboro Highway resembled \"The Strip\" in Las Vegas with casinos and night clubs that served as the epicenter for illegal activity, and the money and the blood flowed, while the law turned a blind eye to the mayhem. Ann Arnold gives a detailed account of almost two dozen gangland slayings and spills the beans, naming names of those indicted, complete with the final report of a special grand jury that ended the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Arnold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681792567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681792569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eakin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Ann Arnold","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074740089087,"sku":"9781681792569","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_017e29d9-f963-49f5-bf49-7defbf9c5fb3.jpg?v=1685455501","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gamblers-gangsters-ann-arnold-9781681792569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}