Chance of A Lifetime tax-exempt and signs painted on inner

and signs painted on inner city buildings

by Grace Anselmo D'Amato details the wild past of the resort island — and the world of entertainment that called it home — from an insider's perspective

and the city accommodated every tourist's wish

is fondly remembered

As James Madison once lamented

Chance of A Lifetime tax-exempt and signs painted on innerIn the middle of the 20th Century, Atlantic City was the place where anything goes, everybody went, and the rules did not apply. Under a glamorous, seductive exterior, gambling and prostitution flourished, and the city accommodated every tourist's wish. Chance Of A Lifetime: Nucky Johnson, Skinny D'Amato, and How Atlantic City Became the Naughty Queen of Resorts, by Grace Anselmo D'Amato details the wild past of the resort island and the world of