Full Description
Sin City Gangsters is a whirlwind account of how the mob created Las Vegas, building and controlling gambling casinos and buying the favors of influential politicians. The book features such mobsters as Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Moe Dalitz, Sam Giancana, Tony Accardo, and Nick Civella, along with their agents and hired guns: Tony Spilotro, Lefty Rosenthal, and Donald Angelini. The casino owners transformed Vegas into an entertainment capital by building billion-dollar-plus resorts and hiring entertainers, such as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. Sin City Gangsters is the only book that charts Vegas from early mob-owned casinos to billion-dollar resorts; its cast of characters were exceedingly ambitious risk takers who created a glittering mecca of sin and pleasure.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Don't Ever Call Him Bugsy
Chapter 2: Moe Sedway and Gus Greenbaum
Chapter 3: Meyer Lansky: Godfather of the Skim
Chapter 4: Moe Dalitz: Mr. Las Vegas
Chapter 5: Jimmy Hoffa: Las Vegas Financier
Chapter 6: The Man Who Bought Las Vegas
Chapter 7: The Entertainment Capital of the World
Chapter 8: The Ant, Lefty, & Genius
Chapter 9: The Outfit Crapped Out
Chapter 10: New Faces of Vegas: Sarno, Kerkorian, Wynn, and Adelson
Bibliography
Index
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