| Between 1920 and 1950, America was one tough country. The land- scape from New York City to Los Angeles was a single poorly-lit city street, traversed by huge black sedans with running boards and lined with gambling dens, speakeasies, and cheap boarding houses. The residents were small-time hoods perpetually muffled in fedoras and rumpled overcoats, rich thrill-seekers slumming to pique their jaded appetites, smart- ;ileck con men looking to make a quick buck, and painted ladies of dubious virtue. When they walked the streets it was to a background rhythm of belching .45 automatics police were powerless to stop. None of them showed their face before nightfall, and every morning, they read the obitu- aries like the sports page. |
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