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Author : Albert Woods Moe
Release : 2001
Genre : Games & Activities
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 904/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling by : Albert Woods Moe
Download or read book Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling written by Albert Woods Moe. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 59 black and white photos.
Author : Al W. Moe
Release : 2012-09-26
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 654/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling by : Al W. Moe
Download or read book Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling written by Al W. Moe. This book was released on 2012-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photo-rich history of the first fifty years of Nevada's legalized gambling from 1931 to 1981. Chapters include stories about the most influential pioneers of Nevada gaming including Bill Harrah, "Pappy" Smith, Moe Dalitz, Howard Hughes, George Wingfield, "Bugsy" Siegel, Sil Petricciani, Nick Abelman and dozens more.
Author : Al W. Moe
Release : 2008-10-03
Genre : Games & Activities
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 991/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Roots of Reno by : Al W. Moe
Download or read book The Roots of Reno written by Al W. Moe. This book was released on 2008-10-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reno was truly Hell on Wheels in the 1920's. The rest of the nation considered the town Sodom and Gomorra, but that's only half the truth. Reno offered everything in the way of adult entertainment, from speakeasy's and houses of ill-repute, to open gaming - legal or not. And it took plenty of sins by the founding fathers to make Reno "The biggest little city in the world." When the gold-veins of Tonopah and Goldfield ran out, the casino owners moved to Reno, where even greater riches awaited. Together, a group of four men (Nick Abelman, Bill Graham, Jim McKay, George Wingfield) took over Reno's casinos and held sway over the town for the next three decades. Together they administered policy, collected juice, ran politicians, and owned the red-light district and most of the town's casinos. When that wasn't enough they took over the banks and laundered money for crooks like "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Alvin Karpis, and Ma Barker's boys, and offered safety to "Baby Face" Nelson. It was a good gig. The Reno Four dictated policy all over Northern Nevada, taking special care of Reno and Lake Tahoe casinos up until the late 1950's. Their influence made Reno before Bill Harrah or "Pappy" Smith ever arrived, needing an introduction and permission to build their own casinos, Harold's Club and Harrah's. This is an expansion, an unabridged version of "Mob City - Reno" with much to tell about Nevada's gold mining towns.
Author : John P. Marschall
Release : 2011-03-28
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 480/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jews in Nevada by : John P. Marschall
Download or read book Jews in Nevada written by John P. Marschall. This book was released on 2011-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews have always been one of Nevada’s most active and influential ethnic minorities. They were among the state’s earliest Euro-American settlers, and from the beginning they have been involved in every area of the state’s life as businessmen, agrarians, scholars, educators, artists, politicians, and civic, professional, and religious leaders. Jews in Nevada is an engaging, multilayered chronicle of their lives and contributions to the state. Here are absorbing accounts of individuals and families who helped to settle and develop the state, as well as thoughtful analyses of larger issues, such as the reasons Jews came to Nevada in the first place, how they created homes and interacted with non-Jews, and how they preserved their religious and cultural traditions as a small minority in a sparsely populated region.
Author : Jack Harpster
Release : 2014-11-04
Genre : Photography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 363/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Curious Life of Nevada's LaVere Redfield: The Silver Dollar King by : Jack Harpster
Download or read book The Curious Life of Nevada's LaVere Redfield: The Silver Dollar King written by Jack Harpster. This book was released on 2014-11-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LaVere Redfield was a prolific hoarder. When he died in 1974, his estate was estimated at more than $70 million. Executors found 680 bags of silver coins and 407,000 Morgan and Peace silver dollars in his Reno mansion. A local Reno legend, Redfield gambled regularly in Virginia Street casinos. He survived robbery and burglaries of his home, which contained false walls to store millions of silver dollars. Hating banks and paper money, as well as big government, Redfield opted to serve a prison term for income tax evasion rather than pay his debts from his ample fortune. Join author Jack Harpster for this first book-length study of this unconventional man behind the folklore and the myth.
