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Author Denton, Sally.

Title The money and the power : the making of Las Vegas and its hold on America, 1947-2000 / Sally Denton and Roger Morris.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  979.3 DENTON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  979.3 DEN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  979.3135 DENTON    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  979.3135 DENTON    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  979.3135 DEN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  979.3135 DENTON    DUE 04-10-24
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  979.313 DENTON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  979.3 DE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-458) and index.
Contents Juice. Meyer Lansky: the racketeer as chairman of the board -- Benny Binion: the outlaw as icon -- Pat McCarran: the democrat as autocrat -- Bugsy Siegel: the executioner as entrepreneur -- Hank Greenspun: the hustler as conscience -- Estes Kefauver: the opportunist as prophet -- City of fronts. "Beyond this place there be dragons" -- "This alliance of gamblers, gangsters, and government" -- "Temple town of the American dream" -- "Character loans" -- American mecca. Party in Carson City -- Enemy too far within -- "Cleaning out the sucker" -- High rollers -- One last cruise -- "Joint's a joint" -- Epilogue: Shadow capital.
Subject Celebrities -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- 20th century.
Politicians -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- 20th century.
Organized crime -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- 20th century.
Political corruption -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Civilization -- 20th century.
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Biography.
Added Author Morris, Roger, 1938-
ISBN 037540130X alkaline paper
9780375401305 alkaline paper
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