Las Vegas Babylon: True Tales of Glitter, Glamour and Greed - Softcover
What happens in Vegas doesn't necessarily stay in Vegas and the proof is in this lively and entertaining compilation of stories chronicling decades of decadence, celebrity shenanigans and political corruption, as well as the glitz and glamour of the casinos that pass for everyday life in Las Vegas. Underneath the city's present success lies many infamous tales of excess and debauchery. Using new information from recently released FBI documents, Jeff Burbank brings to life the Vegas mob in its heyday, recounting never before heard tales of the mobsters who made Vegas what is today. But mobsters aren't the only ones with skeletons in Las Vegas's closet. Over the years, Hollywood stars have had their share of the limelight. Burbank has uncovered the many fateful, and often amusing, incidents that have befallen the glamourous and here he recalls the details of the darkest moments in the lives of the famous and the foolish: such as Marilyn Monroe's quickie divorce; boxer Sonny Liston's secret heroin deal just before his death; The Doors singer Jim Morrison's arrest for fighting on the Strip; comic Lenny Bruce's hilarious onstage run-in with singer Pearl Bailey; the Vegas drug store that sent drugs and syringes to Elvis Presley almost anywhere he wanted; and the hookers who tricked-rolled comedian Tommy Smothers in his Strip hotel room. Also featured are the stories of everyday people --casino workers, small business people and random travellers -- who found their lives turned upsude down by Las Vegas temptations. With fast-paced and entertaining prose, Burbank captures the true stories from Las Vegas' seedy underbelly that have led to America's 100 year fascination with the aptly-named Sin City.
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Jeff Burbank is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Newsweek. He has won the Outstanding Jorunalist award from the Neveda Press Association, is the author of Licence to Steal, a book on casino gambling controversies in Las Vegas and is a commentator for KNPR-FM radio in Las Vegas where he lives.
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- PublisherPARKWEST * PUBLICATIONS INC
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1861059663
- ISBN 13 9781861059666
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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