Newport: The Sin City Years

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This book includes a fascinating look at Newport's sordid history and includes vintage photographs of many of the former clubs and casinos. The accompanying captions relate interesting tidbits about the people and places that made Newport the Sin City of the south.It begins in the Prohibition era and details the city's decline throughout the years. It also shows how the citizens fought to reclaim their city and how they helped transform it into a thriving, bustling, hot bed of development that has become the envy of the region.