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100 1 $aEarley, Pete.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88058540
245 10 $aSuper casino :$binside the "new" Las Vegas /$cPete Earley.
260 $aNew York :$bBantam Books,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $a386 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
505 00 $tCounting Cards --$tPart One: In the Beginning --$tPart Two: The Luxor.$tWinter: Reincarnation.$tSpring: A Spin of the Wheel.$tSummer: Betting It All.$tFall: Crapped Out.
520 1 $a"Pete Earley takes a look at the checkered history of Las Vegas - when moguls, mobsters, and the world's top entertainers came together to create this ultimate monument to American excess.
520 8 $aThis book reveals the real stories of well-known power brokers like Steve Wynn, Vegas legends like Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, and the rise and fall and rise again of the entrepreneurs behind one of the largest gaming corporations in the nation, the colossus Circus Circus, to which the author was given unique access.".
520 8 $a"This book lays forth the real Las Vegas and shows how and why it has become the biggest draw in the country, offering adult and family entertainment like no other in the world. The result is an often troubling look at a uniquely American city founded on greed - and a nation that built its own mad Mecca in the desert."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aLas Vegas (Nev.)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aLas Vegas (Nev.)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aGambling$zNevada$zLas Vegas.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117750
650 0 $aCasinos$zNevada$zLas Vegas.
852 00 $boff,glx$hF849.L35$iE27 2000