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What is it about Las Vegas that captivates us? Is it how the skim worked at the Stardust and how millions of dollars walked out the door uncounted? Or what really happened when Frank Sinatra threw a chair at the casino boss of the Sands? Did you ever hear the story about how some very bad Vegas guys rigged the gin rummy games at the Friars Club and took a bunch of famous people to the cleaners? Howard Hughes had some weird notions about the Silver Slipper and put his money where his paranoia was. It's all Vegas, and it is fascinating history.Vegas in the '50s and '60s was indeed another world. Those were the days when small-time gamblers like me, in town with my wife for a weekend of shows and great food, could ride down the elevator at one of the Strip hotels with Lucille Ball, have an A table at the Versailles Room at the Riviera to see Rowan and Martin, with Edie Adams opening, and laugh until it hurt when Buddy Hackett played the old Congo Room at the Sahara.Behind the scenes, the Mob ran Vegas in those days. And stories abound. Through years of study and interviews and just talking to people from all strata of Las Vegas comes this book, a glimpse into the money, mayhem, and murders of early Vegas.
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A few years ago, when Omaha-based historian Steve Fischer retired from a career in sales and advertising, he began listing his Vegas memorabilia on eBay. From those listings evolved colorful stories of the people and places Fischer knew so well during his early years in advertising, living in LA and driving on weekends across the desert to Vegas where he amassed a priceless collection of Vegas postcards, vintage hotel keys, menus from all the showrooms, signs, autographs and memories. The stories in this book, now in its fifth printing, tell true crime tales of the desert city he has seen grow and change over the last 40 years.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read many Vegas books but I learnt loads from this well-written volume,including: The Moulin Rouge - Vegas' first multi-racial casino; the truth about Howard Hughes' acquisitions and some great Frank Sinatra stories. The familiar stories: the Stardust skim and Teamster loans are presented with new information. If you like Las Vegas literature and/or history you must buy this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is quite an interesting and somewhat light hearted story about the days when the mafia controlled the money in Las Vegas. The book is full of the usual Vegas stories and on that account doesn't really offer anything new, but the author has also added a few of his own observations from regular visits to Vegas since the early '50s.
It is really these observations/anecdotes which saves this book. In terms of Vegas history this book is a bit thin on the ground compared with most other Vegas history books. Still, it is a very quick and easy book to plough your way through so you could do a lot worse than reading this one.
It is really these observations/anecdotes which saves this book. In terms of Vegas history this book is a bit thin on the ground compared with most other Vegas history books. Still, it is a very quick and easy book to plough your way through so you could do a lot worse than reading this one.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I picked this book up at Vegas airport on the way back from a weeks holiday and thought it was a fantastic read if the history of this colourful town interests you. In places it's not brilliantly well written but that doesn't really matter as the stories speak for themselves, really fascinating and as it's a collection of small stories it's an easy read. I'll be visiting a few places with new eyes on my next visit now I know a bit more history. Makes you want to experience the town in the 40's, 50's and 60's
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not the most penetrating study
a reasonably entertaining read with a few good stories. More should have been made of the Howard Hughes connection although there are I suppose lots of other books about him. Read more
Published 2 months ago by caniscorpus
When the mob ran Vegas
This book is very patchy, and not very well written but it is interesting to those who love Vegas and want to learn more of the history of the mob members and the formation of the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by hazelb
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