Las Vegas Babylon
Subtitle: true tales of glitter, glamour, and greed
By: [Jeff Burbank].
Publisher: M. Evans; Evans & Company, Incorporated, M.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Celebrities -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Crime -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- Anecdotes; Scandals -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- Anecdotes; Las Vegas (Nev.) -- History -- Anecdotes; Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes
Genres: Biography; Anecdotes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hype and cold reality : the Vegas mob; title: A 100-year play in three acts; title: Highway 91 blues : Ben Siegel; title: Mr. Las Vegas : Moe Dalitz; title: Rancho sanitarium : Clara Bow; title: Norma Jeane's perjury : Marilyn Monroe; title: The Sahara's freak show : Christine Jorgensen; title: Mrs. Bates's closet : Vera Krupp; title: Striking oil : Louis Armstrong; title: Get happy pills, please : Judy Garland; title: Sagging career : Jayne Mansfield; title: Meet me in Las Vegas : JFK; title: Holding up the customers : Lenny Bruce; title: Landmark pharmacy : Elvis Presley; title: Jail a go-go : Jim Morrison; title: Smack down : Sonny Liston; title: Audition in my hotel room : Tommy Smothers; title: One night in Vegas : David Strickland; title: Momo's moll flips : Phyllis McGuire; title: Whipped cream dreams : Robin Leach Vegas; title: Harry's favorite sons and daughters; title: Bad girls, sad girls : gaming with the future; title: The bonfire of Kirk's vanities : the MGM fire; title: Binion family values; title: Ginji's Aladdin genie loses $100 million; title: Billionaire sandboxes : Steve Wynn vs. Sheldon Adelson; title: Three women in a cell; title: Cold blood; title: Evil spirits; title: Vegas's little-read newspapers.