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- catalog abstract ""Most treatments of Las Vegas tend to trivialize the pioneer past in favor of the glamorous present. Here the Lands provide a fresh, vital, and balanced look at the phenomenal history of this oasis in the thirsty desert."--BOOK JACKET. "The mobsters are here, of course, as are Elvis, Liberace, and the Rat Pack, but the Lands tell a more complete story, from the earliest visitors to "The Meadows" 11,000 years ago to the Mormon pioneers who established a mission outpost in 1855; the ambitious developers who laid out two rival locations before the railroad auction in 1905 that put a tiny, struggling town on the map; and the beginnings of Boulder City in 1931, a virtuous company town for the builders of Hoover Dam, intended to keep them from the fleshpots of wicked nearby Las Vegas, with its newly legalized gambling and infamous red-light district, Block 16."--BOOK JACKET. "The Mob came after World War II, laden with ill-gotten cash and the know-how needed to turn the dusty little burg into an international gaming mecca, but Las Vegas was built by thousands of honest, hardworking Americans and immigrants as well."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Las Vegas".
- catalog contributor b11383037.
- catalog contributor b11383038.
- catalog coverage "Las Vegas (Nev.) History.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Most treatments of Las Vegas tend to trivialize the pioneer past in favor of the glamorous present. Here the Lands provide a fresh, vital, and balanced look at the phenomenal history of this oasis in the thirsty desert."--BOOK JACKET. "The mobsters are here, of course, as are Elvis, Liberace, and the Rat Pack, but the Lands tell a more complete story, from the earliest visitors to "The Meadows" 11,000 years ago to the Mormon pioneers who established a mission outpost in 1855; the ambitious developers who laid out two rival locations before the railroad auction in 1905 that put a tiny, struggling town on the map; and the beginnings of Boulder City in 1931, a virtuous company town for the builders of Hoover Dam, intended to keep them from the fleshpots of wicked nearby Las Vegas, with its newly legalized gambling and infamous red-light district, Block 16."--BOOK JACKET. "The Mob came after World War II, laden with ill-gotten cash and the know-how needed to turn the dusty little burg into an international gaming mecca, but Las Vegas was built by thousands of honest, hardworking Americans and immigrants as well."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Guy Louis Rocha -- 1. Great Expectations -- 2. The Settlers -- 3. Two Towns Called Las Vegas -- 4. Gateway to the Dam -- 5. Politics, Las Vegas Style -- 6. Inventing the Strip -- 7. Bugsy and "The Boys" -- 8. Dark Shadows Over the Playground -- 9. Mr. Hughes Arrives in Las Vegas -- 10. The Entertainers -- 11. Three Tycoons -- 12. The Satellites -- 13. The Spreading Oasis.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-225) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 240 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Short history of Las Vegas.".
- catalog identifier "0874173264 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Short history of Las Vegas.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reno : University of Nevada Press,".
- catalog relation "Short history of Las Vegas.".
- catalog spatial "Las Vegas (Nev.) History.".
- catalog subject "979.3/135 21".
- catalog subject "F849.L35 L35 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Guy Louis Rocha -- 1. Great Expectations -- 2. The Settlers -- 3. Two Towns Called Las Vegas -- 4. Gateway to the Dam -- 5. Politics, Las Vegas Style -- 6. Inventing the Strip -- 7. Bugsy and "The Boys" -- 8. Dark Shadows Over the Playground -- 9. Mr. Hughes Arrives in Las Vegas -- 10. The Entertainers -- 11. Three Tycoons -- 12. The Satellites -- 13. The Spreading Oasis.".
- catalog title "A short history of Las Vegas / Barbara Land and Myrick Land ; foreword by Guy Louis Rocha.".
- catalog title "Las Vegas".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".