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Title: Las Vegas: The Fabulous First Century (Making of America) by Thomas , Jr Ainlay, Judy Dixon Gabaldon ISBN: 0-7385-2416-6 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Extremely Entertaining!
Comment: This is a truly wonderful book for anyone who has visited Las Vegas, or is, as I am, a native. Having lived here all my life, I have heard many of the names mentioned here, but few of the details. Once I started this book, I could not put it down! Very entertaining reading! I gave a copy of the book to my aunt, Rheco, a resident of Las Vegas for more than 60 years, having moved here during the start of Hoover Dam. She also found it very interestting and great fun to read. Taj and Judy left no detail out and really did their homework. This is the most interesting and entertainment book you could ever read on the "City That Never Sleeps". Congratulations, Taj & Judy: Well done!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Every Las Vegan or visitor should read it
Comment: A lot of information I already knew, but it was from different sources. This book condenses all the good stuff, and reveals a lot of new facts I was unaware of. I especially like the part about how Bugsy Siegel appeared to be a cat lover (another side of him) and how he protected a stray mother cat's kittens by not turning on the fountain and drowning them. And I didn't know that Billy Wilkerson was the real "brains" behind the Flamingo - not Bugsy. (As you can tell, I am interested in the Flamingo Hotel and its history, especially.) This book devotes a lot of time and space to the Flamingo, as well as a lot of interesting facts about the other "original" hotels too. This is a "must read."
P.S. Why is the cover that you show here different from the one I bought?
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, Compact History of Las Vegas
Comment: What is most impressive about this short (160-page) book is how much detail it includes. Not only do you get the usual railroad stop to casino city history, you also gain insight into the ethnic diversity of Las Vegas. It covers the Paiutes and early Hispanics and traces their stories right through the 20th century. The contributions of Mormons, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, the perspectives of pioneer women as well as men, the influence of the military...it's all here. And of course there are brief accounts of all the big names that put the "sin" in Sin City: Bugsy, Elvis, Sinatra, Hughes. This book is quite an accomplishment, and it's just in time for the Centennial celebrations coming up in May 2005.
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Title: Suburban Xanadu: The Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip and Beyond by David G. Schwartz ISBN: 0415935571 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: In the Shadow of the Strip: Las Vegas Stories (Western Literature Series) by Richard Logsdon, Todd Scott Moffett, Tina D. Eliopulos ISBN: 0874175496 Publisher: University of Nevada Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Last Honest Place in America: Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas by Marc Cooper ISBN: 1560254904 Publisher: Nation Books Pub. Date: 10 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Las Vegas Vintage Graphics by Jim Heimann, Willy R. Wilkerson ISBN: 3822826200 Publisher: Taschen Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Las Vegas Then & Now (Then and Now Series) by Su Kim Chung ISBN: 1571458530 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.98 |
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