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Book suggestions
| August 11th, 2011 at 9:16:23 AM permalink | |
| mgreiche Member since: Mar 13, 2011 Threads: 13 Posts: 24 | Any suggestions for good non fiction books about Las Vegas? I'm not looking for books about gambling, but more along the lines of true stories or events. Books like 24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in Las Vegas, Under the Neon Sky or When the Mob ran Vegas. |
| August 11th, 2011 at 9:40:43 AM permalink | |
| FleaStiff Member since: Oct 19, 2009 Threads: 75 Posts: 4822 | I seem to recall The Green Felt Jungle from the late fifties or something. |
| August 11th, 2011 at 10:29:53 AM permalink | |
| DJTeddyBear Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 105 Posts: 5727 | I'm finally entering the 21st century - I'm getting an iPhone. If it's not pre-loaded, I'm adding the Kindle App. For no particular reason, I'm concentrating my initial e-book purchase to titles recommended by / available thru Las Vegas Advisor's books page. Click on these covers to go directly to the book's description. I know the first won't interest you, but these are the e-books at the top of my wish list:    Everything I've read about the second and third, and thier author, makes it seem very gritty and interesting. Anybody got any other opinions?    Actually, I'd rather get a hard copy of Gambling 102, so I can have Mike autograph it.... Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown.
But how much does it cost to knock on wood? |
| August 11th, 2011 at 11:35:50 AM permalink | |
| SanchoPanza Member since: May 10, 2010 Threads: 24 Posts: 735 |
By Ovid Demaris, IIRC. I've got the paperback somewhere. |
| August 11th, 2011 at 11:47:17 AM permalink | |
| Paigowdan Member since: Apr 28, 2010 Threads: 54 Posts: 2130 | Add Whale Hunt in the Desert by Deke Castleman, a real up-close and personal look at managing Big money players by a former casino host. Also: Sharks in the Desert, by John L. Smith - About the sordid founding fathers of Las Vegas through the present. Neon Metropolis, by Hal Rothman - how Vegas started the 21st century. And too many to mention Gambling doesn't build character, it reveals..no character. But a lot of characters. |
| August 11th, 2011 at 1:43:08 PM permalink | |
| matilda Member since: Feb 4, 2010 Threads: 3 Posts: 317 | Here you can search for any topic. http://library.nevada.edu/speccol/gaming/index.html |
| August 11th, 2011 at 1:44:13 PM permalink | |
| dlevinelaw Member since: Dec 3, 2009 Threads: 13 Posts: 192 | I second Whale Hunt in the Desert. Fun read! |
| August 11th, 2011 at 1:53:12 PM permalink | |
| DJTeddyBear Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 105 Posts: 5727 | I intended to include that in my post above, but I didn't see it on the LVA book store site.  I overlooked it because that is not the original cover. That's is the second edition cover. I assume it's got the same content as the first cover:  Superstitions are silly, childish, irrational rituals, born out of fear of the unknown.
But how much does it cost to knock on wood? |
| August 11th, 2011 at 2:44:35 PM permalink | |
| algle Member since: Aug 12, 2010 Threads: 1 Posts: 77 | "Las Vegas Babylon" by Jeff Burbank is an OK read, definitely meets your subject criteria. If nothing will change then I am nothing. |
| August 13th, 2011 at 11:34:11 PM permalink | |
| teddys Member since: Nov 14, 2009 Threads: 100 Posts: 2723 | I liked Bob Stupak's biography by John L. Smith and whatever the one was about Wynn, Kerkorian, and Loveman at the height of the leveraging years. "If you can make one heap of all your winnings / And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss / And lose, and start again at your beginnings / And never breathe a word about your loss..." -Rudyard Kipling |
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