Jeannie H. (ilovebooksanddogs) -
Informative, interesting and well written. Gary Taylor tells the true story of the end of the infamous "Chicken Ranch" in LaGrange, TX. Anyone living in Texas during that time- or ever- knows of this place. The Zindler we meet in this book in no way resembles the "bumbling idiot" from the movie. Flamboyant, yes but I come away from reading this believing he was a good and kind man who obviously not only enjoyed life but truly lived it. I have to speak of my FAV part of this book- his run in with Sheriff Flournay -a VERY descriptive account that had me rolling. I could see it happening as I read it .Nice!
Aimee G. (aimeeguise) reviewed I, the People: How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on + 4 more book reviews
This book was somewhat interesting in the beginning and I mainly read it just for the story of how the bust went down. However, the last 30-40 pages of the book are all about Marvin Zindler and his life before closing down the Chicken Ranch. So the last almost half of the book was pretty boring. There was a decent amount of profanity so beware! I feel like the actual act of closing the Chicken Ranch down could have been more detailed as well.
