Rose City Vice: Portland in the 70's -- Dirty Cops and Dirty Robbers Contributor(s): Stanford, Phil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1627310444 ISBN-13: 9781627310444 Publisher: Feral House
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Organized Crime - True Crime | Murder - General - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) |
Dewey: 364.109 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.44 lbs) 104 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: The City of Roses, as natives of Portland, Oregon like to call it, has a long and honorable history of crime and corruption, starting as far back as the post-Civil War frontier days, leading into the mobster-infused decades of the twentieth century when prohibition, prostitution, gambling, and hard drugs besieged the town. The so-called "Great Portland Vice Scandal of 1956-57" spilled into national politics, with hearings before the Senate Rackets Committee. When the '70s rolled around, members of the police's narcotics squad were caught red-handed perpetrating nefarious deeds. This Northwest city, known best today for its punk rock and hipster comedies like Portlandia, was once overrun with corruption and foul play. Rose City Vice reveals a city where the cops are putting drugs back on the street, maybe even committing murder. The city council is high on coke, and the mayor is carrying on a clandestine sexual relationship with 13-year- old schoolgirl while under surveillance by the vice squad. It's 1970's Portland and blackmail is in the air. |
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