The Devil’s Playground is classic and colorful American history, from the first years of the twentieth century through the Runyonesque heyday of nightclubs and theaters in the 1920s and ’30s, to the district’s decline in the 1960s and its glittering corporate revival in the 1990s.
Chapter 1. THE CHILDREN OF NECESSITY
Chapter 2. THE FOUR HUNDRED MEET THE FOUR MILLION
Chapter 5. “BUY 18 HOLES AND SELL ALL THE WATER HAZARDS!”
Chapter 7. “COME IN AND SEE THE GREAT FLEA CIRCUS”
Chapter 8. A WORLD CONQUERED BY THE MOTION PICTURE
Chapter 9. THE POKERINO FREAK SHOW
Chapter 10. SELTZER, NOT ORANGE JUICE
Chapter 11. SAVING BILLBOARD HELL
Chapter 13. A MIRROR OF AMERICA
Chapter 14. YOUNG HAMMERSTEIN MEETS DARTH NADER: A DIALOGUE OF THE DEAF IN FIVE ACTS
Chapter 15. DEFINING DEVIANCY UP
Chapter 16. ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE ANIMATRONIC T. REX ROARS
Chapter 18. THE DURSTS HAVE SOME VERY UNUSUAL PROPERTIES
Chapter 19. A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME
Chapter 20. à LA RECHERCHE DES FRIED CLAMS PERDUS
Chapter 21. ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR