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"Set in golden age Hollywood and the burgeoning days of Las Vegas, The Magnificent Esme Wells is a dazzling, bittersweet story of family, love, and deception. We follow Esme--the irrepressible daughter of a Mafia gofer and a Busby Berkeley showgirl--as she comes of age amid racetracks and casinos, mobsters and starlets, on her path to becoming the first burlesque artist on the Las Vegas Strip. Young Esme Wells spends her days where no child should....
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English
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"A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days. Las Vegas, 1970: Elvis Presley is playing two shows a night at the International. Howard Hughes is running his empire from the penthouse suite of the Desert Inn. And middle-America...
9) Bugsy Siegel
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Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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"From his stormy relationship with the beautiful Virginia Hill to his mysterious murder, Biography presents an up-close look at the mobster who lived his life at nothing short of full-throttla"--Container.
Publisher
Sofa Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Tells the history of Las Vegas, from the city's humble desert beginnings, to the early days of mobsters, through today's incredible gambling resort destination. It shows some of "Sin City's" most colorful characters, from gangsters, to celebrities, and crusaders. It also shares famous, colorful stories of the sexy women, high-stakes gamblers, and couples exchanging wedding vows.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Features The Mob's infiltration from the East to the West coast into the booming cities of Las Vegas and Hollywood throughout the first half of the 20th century. The titles contained in this set are: Las Vegas - The City The Mob Made; and Hollywood vs. The Mob. Special features include: Vegas & The Mob timeline, and Hollywood actor and the real-life Mob boss photo slide show comparison. Warning: Contains material suitable for mature audiences." --...
13) Las Vegas
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Trace the city's development from its humble beginnings as a remote frontier way station to its mid-century florescence as the gangster metropolis known as 'Sin City' to its recent renaissance as the fastest growing city in the United States.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Elvis's 1969 opening night in Vegas was his first time back on a live stage in more than eight years. His career had gone sour--bad movies, and mediocre pop songs that no longer made the charts. He'd been dismissed by most critics as over the hill. But in Vegas he played the biggest showroom in the biggest hotel in the city, drawing more people for his four-week engagement than any other show in Vegas history. His performance got rave reviews, "Suspicious...
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
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"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. This 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...
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