In The Devil’s Town, Philip Leigh, a rising star among American historians, tells the unique and colorful story of the small resort city of Hot Springs, Arkansas---how it became a theatre for New York and Chicago mobs during the gangster era.

This is a richly detailed tale of a significant part of Southern history--- encroachment on a people’s poverty, crime, evasion of law, and local and state corruption. The author names names, some of them of national importance.

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Even as an author of four Hot Springs books, The Devil’s Town entertainingly amplified insight into my hometown
—Ray Hanley, author of A Place Apart: A Personal History of Hot Springs

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Comments on Southern Reconstruction

“Leigh’s Southern Reconstruction is a refreshing anecdote to politically acceptable versions of the story.”

“Leigh’s latest work Southern Reconstruction is an excellent study of a critical and too often misunderstood part of American history. It is a no nonsense tour de force….”

“I applaud Philip Leigh, and think his book will be historographically significant . . .”

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