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I, the People: How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
I the People How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Author: Gary Taylor
"The Chicken Ranch was the one, great festering, frustrating sore on the face of law enforcement in Texas." — The year was 1973. The State of Texas had just elected a new reform-minded governor and attorney general. And Houston's ABC-TV affiliate station at Channel 13 had just launched a new consumer-oriented investigative feature by hiring flamb...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781468186628
ISBN-10: 1468186620
Publication Date: 5/26/2012
Pages: 106
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2.7 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: CreateSpace
Book Type: Paperback
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ilovebooksanddogs avatar reviewed I, the People: How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on + 359 more book reviews
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!
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.


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