Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked it All to Buy One of Las Vegas - Hardcover

Sheehan, Jack; Breitling, Tom

 
9780060835835: Double or Nothing: How Two Friends Risked it All to Buy One of Las Vegas

Synopsis

Documents the partnership of Tom Brietling and Tim Poster through which they formed a lucrative online travel business and eventually restored the legendary Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas, tracing their disparate backgrounds and the obstacles that nearly cost them everything. 50,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Jack Sheehan has written eleven books, including The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas; Buried Lies: True Tales and Tall Tales from the PGA Tour and Embedded Balls, both with professional golfer Peter Jacobsen; and The Class of '47, a profile of the USNA class from Annapolis that is arguably the most distinguished military class ever. He has sold three screenplays to Hollywood. Sheehan received the Nevada Film Commission Award for Outstanding Screenplay for Buddies, the Western States Outstanding Journalist Award for Feature Writing, and the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Article in the United States for his essay "The Loneliest Road in America." He lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Carol, and two young children, J. P. and Lily.

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