The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America, 1947-2000 - Hardcover

Denton, Sally; Morris, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 037540130X ISBN 13: 9780375401305

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2001

Synopsis

RO60076617. THE MONEY AND THE POWER, THE MAKING OF LAS VEGAS AND ITS HOLD ON AMERICA, 1947-2000. 2001. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 479 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Vignette encollée et annotations en page de garde.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

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The history of Vegas s dark underside . . . has seldom been so abundantly and compellingly told. The Washington Post Book World

Riveting. . . Absorbing. . . A saga of underworld subculture that intersects with that of government agents, senators, and presidents and ranges from Cuba to Dallas to Watergate. The Wall Street Journal

A must-read. . . . One of the most important non-fiction books published in the U.S. in [a] half century. Los Angeles Times

Something on every page hits like a meat ax. In their unsparing, meticulous reporting, Denton and Morris produce a compelling, important dossier. New York Daily News
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"The history of Vegas's dark underside . . . has seldom been so abundantly and compellingly told." -The Washington Post Book World

"Riveting. . . Absorbing. . . A saga of underworld subculture that intersects with that of government agents, senators, and presidents and ranges from Cuba to Dallas to Watergate."-The Wall Street Journal

"A must-read. . . . One of the most important non-fiction books published in the U.S. in [a] half century." -Los Angeles Times

"Something on every page hits like a meat ax. In their unsparing, meticulous reporting, Denton and Morris produce a compelling, important dossier."-New York Daily News

About the Author

Sally Denton, an award-winning investigative reporter in both print and television, has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. She is the author of The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs, and Murder. She lives in the Southwest with her husband, who is her coauthor, and her three sons. Roger Morris served on the senior staff of the National Security Council under Presidents Johnson and Nixon, until he resigned over the invasion of Cambodia. He has won several national journalism prizes, including the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for the finest investigative journalism in all media nationwide. He is the author of several books on history and politics, including Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician, which was short-listed for both a National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 037540130X
• ISBN 13: 9780375401305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 479