The First 100, Portraits
of the Men and Women Who Shaped Las Vegas, edited by A.D. Hopkins and K.J.
Evans: Meet the explorers, builders, outlaws, gamblers, entrepreneurs, and
14-karat characters who transformed Las Vegas from a desert watering hole into
the extraordinary city it is today. Many of these faces you will recognize and
many more you will meet and learn what part they played in the sometimes unknown
scheme of things. The First 100 is
fully illustrated in black and white andcontains, 365 pages, measures
8"
x 10" and is perfect bound with an attractive full color, plastic-coated
soft cover.
The
First 100........................ $19.95
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Mustang's
Last Ride, The
Closure of the Mustang Ranch Bordello,
by Bill
Valentine:On Monday, August 9,
1999, a task force of federal law enforcement officers converged upon
the grounds of the Mustang Ranch, a world renowned legal brothel, that
lie just outside of Reno, Nevada, in Storey County. The officers carried
with them, court documents that would effectively transfer ownership of
the brothel from one, Joseph Conforte, to the federal government. This
action was designed to shut down the brothel forever. Bill Valentine's
20 years with the Nevada Department of Prisons offers an amazing amount
of inside information into the characters that fill this book. Mustang's
Last Ridecontains
308 pages plus 36 pages of rare black and white photographs, measures
6"
x 9" and is perfect bound with an attractive full color, plastic-coated
soft cover.
Mustang's
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The
Best of John L. Smith, On the Boulevard: John L.
Smith has written more than 2000 columns that have appeared in the Las
Vegas Review-Journal. On the Boulevard
brings together the best of them, providing a singular insight into the fast,
fluid, and often funny town that Smith has chronicled for the past 15 years. In
1998, John L. Smith was voted “Nevada’s Outstanding Journalist” by the
Nevada Press Association and was awarded third place in the National Headliner
Awards. On the Boulevard is a very
entertaining read, full of colorful stories and colorful characters. Perfect
bound paperback, with glossy color cover, 315 pages, 5 ½” x 8 ½”.
The Best of John L.
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Nevada's Golden Age Of Gambling (2nd Edition): This is
the kind of book you will pick up and thumb through every time you have an idle
moment. It is a history book - in fascinating words and pictures - it is about
people, places and accomplishments. All the big names and places and many of the
smaller ones are here...Frank Sinatra, Warren Nelson, Mina, Bernie Einstoss,
Pappy Smith, Bill Harrah, Don Laughlin, Pinky Simpson, Charles Mapes, Max Baer,
Bugsy Siegal, Meyer Lansky, Benny Binion, Dick Graves and hundreds of others.
The 125 full-page pictures (from 1920 to 1987) are what makes this book a
one-of-a-kind. Subject matter ranges from an old mine shaft (1938) to downtown
Ely (1939), from a general store in Carson City (1928) to Tonapah (1920). Nevada's
Golden Age Of Gambling contains 128 fact-filled pages, measures 8 1/2"
x 11", and is perfect bound with an attractive full-color, plastic-coated
soft cover.
Nevada's Golden Age of
Gambling (2nd Edition)......... $19.95
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First edition still available in
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The
Vegas Kid, by Barney Vinson: Renowned
gambling humorist, author of Chipwrecked
in Las Vegas, and casino insider Barney Vinson spins the quintessential Las
Vegas yarn in The Las Vegas Kid. Sam
Durango is riding high. He’s the star of the TV western “The Vegas Kid,”
he’s married to a glamorous actress, and lives in a beautiful home in the
Hollywood hills. And then his life becomes a country-western song. His show is
canceled, his wife leaves him, and – he’s homeless and broke. Left with no
choice but to move on, Sam leaves California and his old life, ready for a new
start in Las Vegas. Along the way Sam meets up with a ragtag cast of characters,
including arch-rival Buck Beaumont, a mystery woman, a couple of escaped cons,
and some of the sharpest gamblers west of the Mississippi – and they’re all
after one thing, to score the big jackpot at Blackie’s Casino on Halloween
night. Printed full color plastic coated cover, 198 pages, 5 ½” x 8 ½”.
The Vegas Kid................. $12.95
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Chip-Wrecked In Las Vegas:
This entry is a riotous collection of vignettes about Nevada and Las Vegas.
Peppered with nearly 90 photographs - old and new - Chip-Wrecked reads
something like a gigantic Reader's Digest of Las Vegas and Nevada. In 70
spellbinding chapters, you'll read about strange events that have occurred
inside casinos, why video poker is taking over the industry, scams and shams
through the ages, the rise and fall of the mighty Dunes Hotel and Casino, the
inside story about Las Vegas's tourist traps and who's who and what they do.
You'll see actual photos of early gambling, Bugsy Siege l... in life and death,
inside Hoover Dam - before it filled with water, Reno's famous Virginia Street
in the 1930's, craps shooters in the Las Vegas Club in 1947, Louis Prima singing
at the Sahara Lounge in 1956, casino surveillance through one-way mirrors, Pappy
Smith in Harold's Club with old-time slots, Double Mills slots being played for
$10,000, Howard Hughes and other young casino owners and opening night at the
Sands Casino in 1952. Chip-Wrecked In Las Vegas contains 400 pages, measures 5
1/2" X 8 1/2", is perfect bound, and has a colorful, plastic-coated
soft cover.
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Fly
on the Wall, Recollections of Las Vegas’ Good Old, Bad Old Days, by Dick
Odessky:Imagine
what it must have been like to be in Las Vegas during its most glamorous and
eventful years: the 1950’s, when you could rub elbows with powerful
politicians, famous entertainers, and notorious gangsters; the 1960’s, when
Howard Hughes’ corporate invasion changed casinos forever; and the 1970’s,
which were immortalized by the movie Casino.
Fly on the Wall chronicles those times, as well as the men and women who
shaped them: Benny Binion, Moe Dalitz, Dorothy Entratter, Wilbur Clark, Abe
Schiller, Nick Dandolos, Ralph Lamb, the Copa Girls, Jackie Gaughan, Jerry
Zarowitz, Artemus Ham, Barbara Greenspun, Marlene Dietrich, Bob Brown, and
Eugene Murphy, to name a few. As a reporter for two of the city’s most
respected newspapers and a publicist for two of the city’s most infamous
casinos, Dick Odessky was in the thick of it – the proverbial fly on the wall.
Fully Indexed, printed full color plastic coated cover, 245 pages, 5 ½” x
8”.
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SEX
IS FOR SALE IN NEVADA!
A unique, 24-hour industry flourishes in
Nevada....legalized prostitution.
Some are aware of its existence; others are bound to be surprised.
Considering the population, very few men (and women!) have visited a legal
brothel;
thus the entire subject remains a mystery to most. As a legitimate
industry in our state,
we feel compelled to offer the following books on the
subject.
By doing so, we neither confirm or deny our approval of the industry.
Madam,
Inside a Nevada Brothel: Former
madam Lora Shaner takes you into the parlor – and bedrooms – of Sheri’s
Ranch in; this compelling account of the sex-for-money culture. You’ll read
about Mary Clair, the nun turned prostitute; Ellen, the errant wife; Coral and
Millie, the happy-hooker tag team; Alice, the pro with the heart of gold; and
the turn outs, part-timers, sex addicts, adventure-seekers, and other ladies of
the house. Madam’s piercing character studies and poignant sketches of
day-to-day life in a legal brothel strip bare the myths about the world’s
oldest profession, revealing the hearts and souls of the women who sell sex –
and the men who buy it. Printed color plastic coated cover, 343 pages, 5 ½” x
8 ½”.
Madam,
Inside a Nevada Brothel........ $16.95
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Soiled
Doves (Prostitution In The Early Years): This stunning book reveals the dark
world of 19th century western prostitution and provides a touching insight into
the lives of the ladies of the night. Soiled Doves makes no attempt to
cleanse the soiled dove, often known as the "fancy", "fallen
angel" or "sporting" ladies of the night. Caught in a web over
which they had no control, most ended up in the oldest profession simply because
there was nothing else they could do. Prostitution flourished in the United
States with the opening of the American frontier as thousands of young, healthy
men left their homes and families behind in search of precious metals, land and
adventure. Since there were few women on the frontier (estimates indicate one
woman for every 50 men), the first to arrive were ladies of easy virtue, along
with gamblers, gun slingers, miners, brawlers, shopkeepers and farmers. Solid
Doves takes you to the great American frontier where the red light districts
were as much a part of the early West as the mine tailings, canvas shacks and
garish saloons that dotted the landscape. The book's many rare, period
photographs further enhance this highly recommended, scholarly monograph. Soiled
Doves contains 176 pages, a glossary, bibliography and measures 6" x
9", and is perfect bound with a full-color, plastic-coated soft cover.
Soiled
Doves......................... $11.95
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sure to contact us if you're ordering more than one book so we can save
you
money on shipping! Email:
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Mustang's
Last Ride, The
Closure of the Mustang Ranch Bordello,
by 
Nevada's Golden Age Of Gambling (2nd Edition): This is
the kind of book you will pick up and thumb through every time you have an idle
moment. It is a history book - in fascinating words and pictures - it is about
people, places and accomplishments. All the big names and places and many of the
smaller ones are here...Frank Sinatra, Warren Nelson, Mina, Bernie Einstoss,
Pappy Smith, Bill Harrah, Don Laughlin, Pinky Simpson, Charles Mapes, Max Baer,
Bugsy Siegal, Meyer Lansky, Benny Binion, Dick Graves and hundreds of others.
The 125 full-page pictures (from 1920 to 1987) are what makes this book a
one-of-a-kind. Subject matter ranges from an old mine shaft (1938) to downtown
Ely (1939), from a general store in Carson City (1928) to Tonapah (1920). Nevada's
Golden Age Of Gambling contains 128 fact-filled pages, measures 8 1/2"
x 11", and is perfect bound with an attractive full-color, plastic-coated
soft cover.
Chip-Wrecked In Las Vegas:
This entry is a riotous collection of vignettes about Nevada and Las Vegas.
Peppered with nearly 90 photographs - old and new - Chip-Wrecked reads
something like a gigantic Reader's Digest of Las Vegas and Nevada. In 70
spellbinding chapters, you'll read about strange events that have occurred
inside casinos, why video poker is taking over the industry, scams and shams
through the ages, the rise and fall of the mighty Dunes Hotel and Casino, the
inside story about Las Vegas's tourist traps and who's who and what they do.
You'll see actual photos of early gambling, Bugsy Siege l... in life and death,
inside Hoover Dam - before it filled with water, Reno's famous Virginia Street
in the 1930's, craps shooters in the Las Vegas Club in 1947, Louis Prima singing
at the Sahara Lounge in 1956, casino surveillance through one-way mirrors, Pappy
Smith in Harold's Club with old-time slots, Double Mills slots being played for
$10,000, Howard Hughes and other young casino owners and opening night at the
Sands Casino in 1952. Chip-Wrecked In Las Vegas contains 400 pages, measures 5
1/2" X 8 1/2", is perfect bound, and has a colorful, plastic-coated
soft cover.
SEX
IS FOR SALE IN NEVADA!
Soiled
Doves (Prostitution In The Early Years): This stunning book reveals the dark
world of 19th century western prostitution and provides a touching insight into
the lives of the ladies of the night. Soiled Doves makes no attempt to
cleanse the soiled dove, often known as the "fancy", "fallen
angel" or "sporting" ladies of the night. Caught in a web over
which they had no control, most ended up in the oldest profession simply because
there was nothing else they could do. Prostitution flourished in the United
States with the opening of the American frontier as thousands of young, healthy
men left their homes and families behind in search of precious metals, land and
adventure. Since there were few women on the frontier (estimates indicate one
woman for every 50 men), the first to arrive were ladies of easy virtue, along
with gamblers, gun slingers, miners, brawlers, shopkeepers and farmers. Solid
Doves takes you to the great American frontier where the red light districts
were as much a part of the early West as the mine tailings, canvas shacks and
garish saloons that dotted the landscape. The book's many rare, period
photographs further enhance this highly recommended, scholarly monograph. Soiled
Doves contains 176 pages, a glossary, bibliography and measures 6" x
9", and is perfect bound with a full-color, plastic-coated soft cover.