Chance of a Lifetime: Nucky Johnson, Skinny D'Amato and How Atlantic City Became the Naughty Queen of Resorts

That's Italian for "so-so." The author offers much insight as to how Atlantic City ran in the 1920's through the 1950's, but she is no writer. Disjointed thoughts abound. She also uses quite a bit of dialogue which sounds hokey at best and ridiculous at worst, and which had to be created just for this book. Given that she was Skinny D'Amato's sister-in-law, much of the book centers on him & his relationship with various Hollywood stars. What she offers about A.C. you can get almost anywhere.

Great book.Skinny was a family friend and great guy which made it even more interesting.

Beautiful book I cannot wait to read it !

Great "Down Memory Lane" reading...!Knew all the quirky principals including Skinny, the smartest of the bunch.. Pals with the late Sonny Schwartz columnist for Atlantic City Press...Missed!

Very interesting reading.

This is a great companion piece. It gives a background so that you can disearn fact from fiction. Interesting to see that Nookey was a real person

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Excellent biopic

Good story