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Washington Confidential

by Jack Lait

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Author
Jack Lait
Credits
Produced by Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, Emmanuel d'Alzon Library (Assumption College) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
Subject
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Category
Text
eBook-No.
63469
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63469
Release Date
October 16, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.WASHINGTON CONFIDENTIAL
  2. 2.Previously Published
  3. 3.The Confidential Contents
  4. 4.WASHINGTON CONFIDENTIAL
  5. 5.PART ONE THE PLACES ( Confidential! ) — 1. DISTRICT OF CONFUSION
  6. 6.2. “GORGEOUS” GEORGETOWN
  7. 7.3. NW COULD MEAN NOWHERE
  8. 8.4. NOT-SO-TENDER TENDERLOIN
  9. 9.5. HOBOES WITH NO HORIZON
  10. 10.6. GREEN PASTURES
  11. 11.7. MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE
  12. 12.8. CHINATOWN CHIPPIES
  13. 13.9. THE OVERFLOW — A. Maryland — B. Virginia
  14. 14.10. UNCLE SAM: LANDLORD
  15. 15.PART TWO THE PEOPLE ( Confidential! ) — 11. THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A DAME
  16. 16.12. G-GIRLS — A. Government Girls — B. Girls with Glamor
  17. 17.13. COMPANY GIRLS
  18. 18.14. FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES — WISDOM OF A WASHINGTON WOLF
  19. 19.15. GARDEN OF PANSIES
  20. 20.16. THE LITTLE RED HERRINGS
  21. 21.17. KICKING THE GONG AROUND
  22. 22.18. THE YOUNG IN HEART
  23. 23.19. BOOZE AND BOTTLES
  24. 24.20. CAFE AU CORN
  25. 25.21. CALL ME MADAM
  26. 26.22. STRIPED PANTS
  27. 27.23. THE RIGHT TO PETITION
  28. 28.24. RACKETS BY REMOTE CONTROL
  29. 29.25. WHO’S WHO IN MOBOCRACY
  30. 30.26. TERROR FROM TENNESSEE
  31. 31.27. LUCKY NUMBERS
  32. 32.28. IT’S A CRIME
  33. 33.29. THE LAW
  34. 34.30. HOW TO STAY OUT OF JAIL
  35. 35.31. THE BOSSES
  36. 36.32. MONARCHS OF THE METROPOLIS
  37. 37.33. WIRETAPPERS, SNOOPS AND SPIES
  38. 38.PART THREE THE ESCAPE ( Confidential! ) — 34. THE TUESDAY-TO-THURSDAY SET
  39. 39.35. BALTIMORE, CONFIDENTIAL
  40. 40.PART FOUR THE LOWDOWN ( Confidential! ) — 36. INSIDE STUFF — A. Swindlers with Swank — B. Fortune-tellers — C. Free Loaders — D. The Introducers
  41. 41.37. TIPS ON THE TOWNS — Booze — Cabaret Info — Checks and Chicks — Clip Joints — Dancing — Dates — Dining — Divorce — Guns — Hotels — Limousines — Marriage — Medical — Midday Manners — Midnight Manners — Protocol — Taxi Talk — Tipping — Traffic Tickets — Transportation
  42. 42.38. CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE TO WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE
  43. 43.PART FIVE THE APPENDIX ( Confidential! ) — A. HEADWAITERS — BALTIMORE — B. GUSTATORY GUIDE — C. DINING AROUND THE WORLD IN WASHINGTON — D. BARE BABES — Washington — Maryland Suburbs — Baltimore — E. LUPO’S LOG BOOK — F. THE INNER CIRCLE — NEW YORK — TEXAS — MISSOURI — COLORADO — CALIFORNIA — FLORIDA — LOUISIANA — MICHIGAN — OHIO — ILLINOIS — WISCONSIN — MASSACHUSETTS — RHODE ISLAND — N. J. and PENN.
  44. 44.INDEX
  45. 45.Transcriber’s Notes

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