| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition: Las Vegas: Fast Forward -- Acknowledgments -- 1 -- Great Expectations -- 2 -- The Settlers -- 3 -- Two Towns Called Las Vegas -- 4 -- Gateway to the Dam -- 5 -- Politics, Las Vegas Style -- 6 -- Inventing the Strip -- 7 -- Bugsy and "The Boys" -- 8 -- Dark Shadows Over the Playground -- 9 -- Mr. Hughes Arrives in Las Vegas -- 10 -- The Entertainers -- 11 -- Three Tycoons -- 12 -- The Grand Tour -- 13 -- Big Deals, New Directions -- 14 -- Who Lives in Las Vegas? |
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Selected Bibliography: More About Las Vegas ... -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- History
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| Subject |
Nevada -- Las Vegas
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Land, Myrick, 1922-1998
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| ISBN |
0874176433 |
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9780874176438 |
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