Boardwalk Empire : The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City

from BlueMingo

Very good book - especially if you have ties to Atlantic City. It's a good history survey - but I wish the author had time for more details. The section on the African-American community was great ! Also - editing would have helped - things are repeated, and it appears that sections were re-arran...

from bensdad00

Excellent for the historical stuff (everything that the TV series is inspired by) and completely dull and uninteresting for everything that happened after 1970, which is a disappointment after I enjoyed both the series and the first two thirds of the book so much. Can anyone recommend a good book...

from Watty

Absolutely fascinating history of Atlantic City. Focus will naturally fall on the Prohibition period thanks to the TV show, but this book has so much more than that. From the unpromising beginnings to the coming of the casinos in the 1970s, the history of Absecom Island reads like a thriller. Rec...

from EileenWYSIWYG

Totally enjoyed reading about the salacious history of the founding and development of Atlantic City. Since this is part of my state, getting more information on the South Jersey Republican machine was VERY interesting.

from novelcommentary

Admittedly this is not my usual fare for reading, but this non-fiction book was given to me by a friend and we share an interest in the recent HBO series inspired by Johnson's book. Alas the entire life of Nucky is a mere segment of this story which is really a sort of a city. Though the writing ...