8 Ball Chicks : A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters
by Gini Sikes
- Year
- 1997
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 385474318
- Format
- EPUB & PDF
Description
Dive into the gritty underworld of 1970s Los Angeles with Gini Sikes's 8 Ball Chicks. This true crime narrative follows the real-life girl gangs that dominated the Sunset Strip — the Baby Dolls, the Red Vipers, and the 8 Ballers — a period marked by glamorous facade and brutal violence. Sikes reconstructs the era's underground economy, from illegal gambling dens to the cocaine boom that fueled the gang wars.\n\nThrough meticulous research, the book captures the desperation and ambition of young women forced into criminal life by poverty and circumstance. It is not a glorification of gang culture but a sober examination of the systemic forces that produced it. 8 Ball Chicks is a definitive account of a subculture that defined a decade and left a lasting scar on the city's history.
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