Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. The Mob Strikes the Border Barons 1
5. Mobs 12
6. Playground of the Hemisphere 37
7. Fortuitous Breaks 51
8. Border Babylon 71
9. King of Border Vice 80
10. ‘‘They’re Off’’ 90
11. Prohibition’s Bounty 103
12. The New Wave 119
13. Agua Caliente in Gestation 134
14. Building Camelot 140
15. Captain Jerry’s Day 172
16. ‘‘Silent’’ Marty’s Oration 179
17. Veracity 190
18. Fixes 199
19. Sentencing and Censuring 212
20. ‘‘Place Your Bets!’’ 238
21. Get the Barons! 272
22. Fools and Thieves 291
23. A Dead Cock in the Pit 304
24. What Ever Happened To? 320
25. Ghosts 336
26. Notes 341
27. Sources 373
28. Index 385