{"product_id":"vegas-and-the-mob","title":"Vegas and the Mob","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eVegas and the Mob\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAl W Moe\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781483955551\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e185\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLas Vegas was built on money, murder, and the Mob\u003c\/b\u003e - long before the corporations took over. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Bugsy Siegel to Meyer Lansky, the real bosses carved up the Strip and skimmed millions off the top. \u003cbr\u003eThis is the true story of the gangsters who ran the casinos, the bodies they left behind, and the empire they almost kept.\u003cbr\u003eLas Vegas wasn't built on neon and luck - it was built on fear, money, and the Mob. \u003cbr\u003eBefore the corporations, before the mega-resorts, the city belonged to gangsters who skimmed millions off the top and buried their problems in the desert. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the real story of how the Mob muscled into Las Vegas - and how they nearly lost it all.\u003cbr\u003eInside these pages, you'll walk into the back rooms where the real decisions were made: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBugsy Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e stole a property and forced the Flamingo into existence with other people's money\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeyer Lansky\u003c\/b\u003e engineered the skim that fed crime families from coast to coast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Costello, Moe Dalitz, Lucky Luciano, and Tony Accardo \u003c\/b\u003ecarving up the casinos \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHidden ownerships, silent partners, and the \"legitimate\" fronts fooled the Fed, while the FBI chased the murders, betrayals, and finally cracked the empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVegas and the Mob\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e pulls back the curtain on the casinos everyone thinks they know - the Sands, the Flamingo, the Sahara, the Stardust - and reveals the violent, chaotic, and often unbelievable truth behind their rise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the documented history of how organized crime built Las Vegas, skimmed it dry, and fought to keep control as Nevada regulators and federal agents closed in. If you want the real story - the money, the murders, the bosses, the skim, and the city that became the Mob's greatest gamble - this book delivers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Vegas and the Mob | Al W Moe | Paperback | 9781483955551 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1774259","offer_id":49674902143128,"sku":"1774259","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71Ok0FGusHS.jpg?v=1786561367","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/vegas-and-the-mob","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}