WHEN THE MOB RAN VEGAS: STORIES OF MONEY, MAYHEM AND MURDER

Book ID/图书代码： 03238006B05432

English Summary/英文概要： Vegas like you’ve never seen, tales you’ve never heard -- until now. Sizzing, behind-the-scenes stories about the men, the Mob, movie stars, and missing money that made ’50s and ’60s Vegas such a hot spot in the Nevada desert. "On opening night at the Cal-Neva Lodge, Sinatra’s guests included Marilyn Monroe, Joe Kennedy and his son, John F. Kennedy. Also there that weekend were Johnny Roselli and Sam "Momo" Giancana. Uninvited and hiding up in the hills around the casino lodge was an FBI surveillance team with long-range lenses . . . From the chapter Frank Sinatra’s Cal-Neva Lodge "On Sept 22, 1953, the Riviera Hotel was approved, the name was changed from the Casa Blanca to the Riviera just before this meeting . . . and the list of newly approved owners included Harpo (Arthur) Marx, movie star, comedian; his brother, Gummo (Milton) Marx, comedian" . . . From the chapter Does the Riviera Still Kill Its Executives? "The Tropicana partners included Rosselli’s bosses in Chicago: Sam Giancana, Paul Rica, Camel Humphries, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Carlos Marcello . . . Fronting for the Chicago Outfit was Ben Jaffe. He owned the giant Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami, and also owned a little insurance company in Indiana" . . . From the chapter Frank Costello Builds the Tropicana "In every showroom in Las Vegas, there are certain inviolate rules. Rule Number One – the headliners go for 60 minutes. Not 64. Those extra 4 minutes represent 4 minutes of lost revenue on the casino floor . . . Then Deano came out on stage with his signature, "Who are all you people, and what are you doing in my room?"– and so started the two and a half hours of the Rat Pack Show!" From the chapter Coffee Shop Stories: Rat Pack and the Sands 21 stories packed with intrigue and mystery, a thoroughly research book, vintage photos.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这本书告诉你一个你从未见过的拉斯维加斯，一些你从未听过的故事。那些暴徒、影星和金钱的幕后故事成就了拉斯维加斯在上世纪五六十年代的辉煌。“首演那晚，弗兰克·辛纳特拉邀请的贵宾有玛丽莲·梦露、乔·肯尼迪父子。当晚的宾客还有乔尼·罗塞利和萨姆·詹卡纳。训练有素的联邦调查专队伏在赌场旅馆周围的山上，密切关注里面的一举一动。”：“1953年9月22日，里维埃拉旅馆获得许可，新的业主有喜剧影星哈泼·马克思兄弟。”（引自“弗兰克·辛纳特拉的旅馆”一章）……“拉斯维加斯的每个陈列室都有一些不可违反的规定。第一条——记者只能在内停留60分钟，而非64分钟。那4分钟是对赌场地板亏损的补偿。”……之后，德比纳出场：‘你们是谁？在我的房间干什么？’这样开始了两个半小时的鼠帮秀节目。”（引自“弗兰克·科斯特洛建立热带旅馆”）在“咖啡馆故事”中，故事错综复杂，充满神秘。内附照片，充满古典意味。

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About the Author/作者介绍： What is it about Las Vegas that captivates us historians? Is it how the skim worked at the Stardust and how millions of dollars walked out the door uncounted? Or what really happened when Frank Sinatra threw a chair at the casino boss of the Sands? Did you ever hear the story about how some very bad Vegas guys rigged the gin rummy games at the Friars Club and took a bunch of famous people to the cleaners? Howard Hughes had some weird notions about the Silver Slipper and put his money where his paranoia was. It’s all Vegas, and it is fascinating history. Vegas in the ‘50s and ‘60s was indeed another world. Those were the days when small-time gamblers like me, in town with my wife for a weekend of shows and great food, could ride down the elevator at one of the Strip hotels with Lucille Ball, have an A table at the Versailles Room at the Riviera to see Rowan and Martin, with Edie Adams opening, and laugh until it hurt when Buddy Hackett played the old Congo Room at the Sahara. Behind the scenes, the Mob ran Vegas in those days. And stories abound. Through years of study and interviews and just talking to people from all strata of Las Vegas comes this book, a glimpse into the money, mayhem, and murders of early Vegas.
拉斯维加斯为什么能让我们历史学家如此着迷？是因为大量的金钱交易？或是对弗兰克·辛纳特拉朝赌场老板扔椅子的事情产生好奇？你可曾听说过一群坏蛋在酒吧里与名人赌钱，最终使那些名人倾家荡产？这就是拉斯维加斯，和它光怪陆离的日子。上世纪五六十年代的赌城是另一个世界。那时候，一个外出度周末的普通人极有可能在赌桌上碰见大明星。那些日子堪称暴徒横行的日子。因而产生不计其数的故事。本书是多年的研究访问的成果，是对早期拉斯维加斯的初探。

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