[Mobile book] Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards
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| #1782319 in Books | Tyler Bridges | 2002-05-15 | 2002-05-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.4 x5.50l,1.25 | File Name: 0374528543 | 432 pages | Bad Bet on the Bayou The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| I enjoyed reading about these events for a birds'-eye view|By MLG|having been in New Orleans, in college, for a number of the years covered, I enjoyed reading about these events for a birds'-eye view, with the advantage of years having passed.|2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Lacks focus|By Bradley K. Stilwell|||“Impeccably reported and often hilarious.” ―The Economist|“Bridges is a formidable reporter . . . astonishing.” ―Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World|About the Author|
An outrageous tale of fast cash, pretty women, dirty politics and extravagant greed in the Bayou State
Louisiana is our most exotic state. It is religious and roguish, a place populated by Cajuns, Creoles, Rednecks, and Bible-thumpers. It is a state that loves good food, good music, and good times. Laissez les bons temps rouler -- let the good times roll -- is the unofficial motto. Louisiana is also excessively corrupt.
In the 1990s, it plun...
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