| The First 100: Portraits of the Men and Women Who Shaped Las Vegas Contributor(s): Hopkins, A. D. (Editor), Evans, K. J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0929712676 ISBN-13: 9780929712673 Publisher: Huntington Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 979.313 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 8.01" W x 9.99" (1.98 lbs) 361 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Meet the explorers, builders, outlaws, gamblers, and 14-karat characters who transformed Las Vegas from a desert waterhole to the extraordinary city it is today. A.D. Hopkins and K.J. Evans of the Las Vegas Review-Journal have compiled one hundred in-depth profiles of the remarkable men and women who ushered Las Vegas to the forefront of popular culture. This far reaching roundup of notable Southern Nevadans includes explorer John C. Fremont, pioneers O.D. Gass and Helen J. Stewart, mob boss, Bugsy Siegel, cowboy gambler Benny Binion, millionaire eccentric Howard Hughes, Rat Pack crooner Frank Sinatra, and flamboyant Liberace, as well as contemporary movers and shakers E. Parry Thomas, Kirk Kerkorian, Irwin Molasky, Jerry Tarkanian, Bob Stupak, and Steve Wynn. Illustrated with hundred of black-and-white photographs culled from the private collections of dozens individuals, the files of state and city agencies, and the vast archives of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, this classic collection of condensed biographies brings the history of Las Vegas alive in a way that no other book has before. |