Title: The Night Club Era
Description: Great 1933 review of prohibition in NYC. Walker was city editor for several of the great papers of this era. Fascinating, anecdotal history of the gangsters, bootleggers, politicians, and others who made the era so interesting.  Long chapters on Walter Winchell, Mayor Walker, Owney Madden, and Texas Guinan.  Great source of authentic  1930s slang like "wool hat jury," "high binders," and "fantods." Walker is great writer who make the time period vivid.
Subjects: Prohibition, bootleggers, gangsters, journalists, NYC history
Places: NY NY, Greenwich Village
People: Walter Winchell, Larry Fay, Texas Guinan, John Roach Straton, Legs Diamond, Florence Mills
Time periods: 1918-1933