Gamblers & Gangsters: Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950s -- Ann Arnold, Paperback

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Gamblers & Gangsters: Fort Worth's Jacksboro Highway in the 1940s & 1950s -- Ann Arnold, PaperbackA 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

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