To Jack, Jill and Herbie. Vegas, baby.

       ‘There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It’s been the ruin of many a poor boy And me, Oh Lord! was one’

      Traditional American folk song

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       Dedication

Historical Background

Excerpt

Prologue

One

Part One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

       Part Two

       Eighteen

       Nineteen

       Twenty

       Twenty-One

       Twenty-Two

       Twenty-Three

       Twenty-Four

       Twenty-Five

       Twenty-Six

       Twenty-Seven

       Twenty-Eight

       Twenty-Nine

       Thirty

       Thirty-One

       Thirty-Two

       Thirty-Three

       Thirty-Four

       Thirty-Five

       Thirty-Six

       Thirty-Seven

       Thirty-Eight

       Thirty-Nine

       Forty

       Forty-One

       Forty-Two

       Forty-Three

       Forty-Four

       Forty-Five

       Forty-Six

       Forty-Seven

       Forty-Eight

       Forty-Nine

       Fifty

       Fifty-One

       Fifty-Two

       Fifty-Three

       Fifty-Four