Empire of sin

Description:

Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' thirty-year war against itself, pitting the city's elite "better half" against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early 20th-century battle centers on Tom Anderson, the czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts on all sides. Prostitutes, reformers, jazzmen, Mafiosi, politicians, and one serial killer all battle for primacy in the wild and wicked city unlike any other in the world.

subjects: Murder,  Social conditions,  Large type books,  Jazz,  Corruption,  Sex customs,  History,  Crime, united states,  Murder, louisiana,  New orleans (la.), history,  New orleans (la.), social conditions,  TRUE CRIME / General,  nyt:crime-and-punishment=2015-07-12,  New York Times bestseller,  Crime

People: Thomas Charles Anderson (1858-1931)

Places: Storyville (New Orleans, La.),  New Orleans,  Louisiana,  New Orleans (La.)

Times: 20th century