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By PMoss
In Blog
Posted September 18, 2016

WHY DO WRITERS OBSESS ABOUT THE GREAT LAS VEGAS NOVEL?

Is To Kill A Mockingbird a better book than The Great Gatsby? Is Catch-22 better than The Grapes Of Wrath? Even in a society obsessed with winning, most people (awards committees not [...]

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By PMoss
In Blog
Posted September 11, 2016

10 GREAT NOIR FILMS YOU MAY NEVER HAVE SEEN

  Everyone is familiar with classic noir films like The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity that feature stars like Bogart, Stanwyck and Edward G. But what about the low budget B Movies [...]

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By PMoss
In Blog
Posted September 7, 2016

5 MUST-READ LAS VEGAS BOOKS

  Las Vegas is the most iconic city on earth. And to understand what makes it tick, you first need to understand the circumstances of its history. Understand the people who gave the city its [...]

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TRUE OR FALSE: Gangster Bugsy Siegel built the Flamingo Hotel & Casino.

FALSE. The Flamingo was the vision of Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles nightclub owner Billy Wilkerson, a compulsive gambler who ran out of money with construction of his hotel half finished. Out of necessity he partnered with mobster Bugsy Siegel, only to later be strong-armed away from the project. Although Siegel did all he could to make himself the sole public face of the Flamingo, Wilkerson’s name was on the matchbooks when the casino opened on Christmas Eve 1946.

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