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

Nelson Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091941253 ISBN 13: 9780091941253

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2011

Synopsis

Boardwalk Empire

About this title

About the Author:

Nelson Johnson's family lived in Atlantic County before the city was founded, and he is himself a lifelong resident of Hammonton, New Jersey. He practiced law for 30 years, and was attorney for the Atlantic City Planning Board at the time many applications for the building of the casinos were approved. Fascinated by the complicated history of Atlantic City, Nelson spent almost two decades interviewing, researching and writing to create Boardwalk Empire.

From AudioFile:

Joe Mantegna's steady, unaffected reading of Johnson's history of Atlantic City is a model of good audiobook narration. Mantegna seems the perfect choice for this title, a solid professional whose voice is tuned both to the drama of individual moments and to the rising and falling arcs of the narrative as a whole. Most important, with ease and consistency he keeps up the pace of a story that sometimes drags as the author reviews the city's racial history, political structure, and intricate gaming laws. There's plenty to enjoy, and the HBO series based on Johnson's book covers only a portion of it. Not just for history buffs, this is also a study in how communities and businesses grow and decline--and are sometimes reborn. D.A.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0091941253
• ISBN 13: 9780091941253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304