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I, the People - How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Paperback)
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I, the People - How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Paperback)
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"The Chicken Ranch was the one, great festering, frustrating sore
on the face of law enforcement in Texas." The year was 1973. The
State of Texas had just elected a new reform-minded governor and
attorney general. And Houston's ABC-TV affiliate station at Channel
13 had just launched a new consumer-oriented investigative feature
by hiring flamboyant former lawman Marvin Zindler to seize the
spotlight. The roads from those disparate events crossed quickly in
dramatic fashion to national acclaim in the Texas Hill Country
village of La Grange, which had harbored the country's longest
continually operating bordello-a little place known as the Chicken
Ranch and beloved to generations of Texas school boys. When
Zindler's sensational TV expose forced the Chicken Ranch to close,
it triggered a national controversy that raged for years,
highlighted by the creation of a successful Broadway musical called
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The movie version starred Burt
Reynolds and Dolly Parton in the fictionalized account that boiled
the story down to a basic theme still used in its marketing pitch:
"Texas madam Miss Mona and her sheriff boyfriend try to save her
chicken ranch from a TV muckraker." But lost amid the romanticized
singing and the dancing and the nostalgic pining of The Best Little
Whorehouse in Texas lies an authentic true crime history yarn just
as entertaining and as much a part of the Lone Star State's many
fabled legends. In I, the People, veteran Houston journalist and
author Gary Taylor recreates the real story behind the closing of
the Chicken Ranch and explains the forces that unleashed TV icon
Marvin Zindler upon the national scene. Reviews Midwest Book
Review: The famed film 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' had its
roots in reality, but its charm wears thin when it has connections
to organized crime. "I, the People: How Marvin Zindler Busted the
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" is Gary Taylor's coverage of the
story that tells of fellow journalist Marvin Zindler's personal
crusade against the famous brothel the Chicken Ranch and the puppet
strings of the Mafia behind it. For those who want the true story
behind the story, "I, the People" is well worth considering. POD
People: You may have heard of the "Chicken Ranch," AKA "The Best
Little Whorehouse in Texas," from the musical or the movie of the
later name. Well, Gary Taylor, intrepid Texan journalist, has the
real story. Taylor has a wonderful eye for character, and the
Chicken Ranch story is full of them. This book is a fascinating
look at characters from an era when Texas transitioned itself from
the Wild West to civilization. I highly recommend I The People.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2012 |
First published: |
May 2012 |
Authors: |
Gary Taylor
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
108 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4681-8662-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
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LSN: |
1-4681-8662-0 |
Barcode: |
9781468186628 |
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