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Twenty-one short, sizzling, behind-the-headlines stories about the men, the Mob, movie stars, and missing money that made early Vegas such a hot spot in the Nevada desert in the early ‘40s to ‘60s. From Bugsy’s Flamingo to beheadings at the Riviera, from the Rat Pack to Sinatra’s sucker punch. Diagrams of mob events and photos of mobsters and celebrities are included.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 That Damn Kefauver Committee 2 Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo 3 The Havana Mafia Conference: The Vote to Kill Bugsy 4 Fat Irish Green 5 Help! We Just Lost the Thunderbird 6 Two Dumb Tonys 7 A Check Signed by 3 Las Vegas Legends 8 Uncle Morrie and Aunt Audrey's Las Vegas Vacation 9 The Story of Mr. Lucky, Tony Cornero 10 History and Mystery of the Moulin Rouge 11 Vegas Showgirls 12 Frank Costello Builds the Tropicana 13 Does the Riviera Still Kill Its Executives 14 Frank Sinatra's Cal-Neva Lodge 15 Teamsters Palace Las Vegas 16 Fight Night at thte Sands 17 How to Cheat a Friar 18 Howard Hughes Buys Nevada 19 The Great Stardust Skim 20 The Silver Slipper's Slipper 21 Lefty and the Ant 22 Coffee Shop Stories: Rat Pack and the Sands
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