Betting, Booze, and Brothels, Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas from Spindetop to the 1960s Fine condition One of the most difficult

One of the most difficult of the Merrill items to find

defining the delicate balance between state authority and personal freedom

Together with A Topographical

Ferris followed his brother Charles to Texas the year after the Texas Revolution and became the official surveyor for Nacogdoches County

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Betting, Booze, and Brothels, Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jefferson County, Texas from Spindetop to the 1960s Fine condition One of the most difficultAustin: Eakin Press, 2006. 1st edition. 227 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Both are in FINE condition. SIGNED by OToole. A very hard to find hardcover edition of the story of Beaumont and Jefferson County, a hotbed of vice where gambling and prostitution thrived because local officials looked the other way or, in some cases, took money to keep quiet. Beaumont, county seat of Jefferson and home of Spindletop. From the towns earliest days, the city