Reviews

“My Uncle Al would have loved this book.”

Deirdre Capone

“When the Mob Ran Vegas captures all the legends and real-life intrigues of America’s most magnetic town. I particularly enjoyed the tales of Sinatra’s Rat Pack and gangsters like Johnny Roselli. This book series makes a significant contribution to Las Vegas’s colorful history.”

Thomas Maier

Author and producer of MAFIA SPIES,

a book adapted into a Paramount+Showtime series

“Legendary stories of this town with such love and fun it makes every word on the page something to savor.”

Mark Whitehead

KTNV, ABC affiliate, Las Vegas

“If The Sopranos is entertaining, true stories from the years When the Mob Ran Vegas are downright enthralling.”

Megan Edwards

Living Las Vegas

“Read if you’re one of those people who can’t read enough stories about Old Vegas and the days when hoodlums came to the desert to create a place that hard-working, law-abiding Americans wouldn’t be able to resist.”

Megan Edwards

Living Las Vegas

“There was a time when Las Vegas had a certain homey charm. It had splash without sophistication, chuck wagon buffets and nickel slot machines, scenes to titillate and transform. It was built on honest deception: Come and try your luck, dream but don’t get your hopes up, because in the end we all know that the house always wins.

“Enjoy this trip back to a Las Vegas that was on a smaller scale, with a tour guide who absolutely loves every inch of it. You’ll see things that are gone but not forgotten, because what happened in Vegas lives on.”

David G. Schwartz, PhD

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Author of At the Sands: The Casino That Shaped Classic Las Vegas, Brought the Rat Pack Together, and Went Out with a Bang and
Something for Your Money: The History of Las Vegas Casinos