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The passage of Nevada's gambling referendum in 1931 occasions the rise of Meade Slaughter from a wheel of fortune operator at a traveling carnival to become the owner of five casino-hotels
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In this first novel, McCullough recreates the saga of gambling in Nevada from its legalization in 1931. Hero Meade Slaughter sets up his own roulette wheel and crap tables in Reno. A loner who burns with ambition, Slaughter foresees the establishment of casinos on the Las Vegas strip and then the even greater potential of hotel complexes on Lake Tahoe. Though he is an honest man, Slaughter must pay off mobster Buggsy Siegel (one of several real characters) for a betting wire; he also borrows millions from Jimmy Hoffa. The narrative is pegged to a vendetta between Slaughter and the corrupt Guilianos, who sell "protection." Trying to intimidate Slaughter, Carlo Guiliano mistakingly kills Slaughter's fiancee. When Slaughter takes his revenge, he earns the undying enmity of Carlo's son. McCullough provides a good history of the protean growth of the gambling enterprise, but the dialogue and predictable plot are less rewarding. 20,000 ad/promo.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Nevada
Published by
Lyle Stuart, 1986
ISBN 10: 0818403500
ISBN 13: 9780818403507
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. DJ: edge wear small tears at spine head. Quarter yellow/beige boards with gold gilt spine text. Else tight and square. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. HXFIC/NEVADA. Seller Inventory # 014959-HXFIC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0818403500I4N00
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Nevada
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Lyle Stuart, Inc., Secaucus NJ, 1986
ISBN 10: 0818403500
ISBN 13: 9780818403507
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Nevada
Published by
Lyle Stuart, 1986
ISBN 10: 0818403500
ISBN 13: 9780818403507
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Nevada
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Lyle Stuart, U.S.A., 1986
ISBN 10: 0818403500
ISBN 13: 9780818403507
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: CHIPPED AND FRAYED ( GOOD). 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # 007699