Benjamin Bugsy Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas

This account of the life of Benjamin Bugsy Siegel follows his beginnings in the Lower East Side...
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Author: Larry D. Gragg
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Benjamin Bugsy Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas by Gragg, Larry D.

Benjamin Bugsy Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas

BD$161.88

Benjamin Bugsy Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas

BD$161.88
Author: Larry D. Gragg
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This account of the life of Benjamin Bugsy Siegel follows his beginnings in the Lower East Side of New York to his role in the development of the famous Flamingo Hotel and Casino. Larry D. Gragg examines Siegel's image as portrayed in popular culture, dispels the myths about Siegel's contribution to the founding of Las Vegas, and reveals some of the more lurid details about his life.

Unlike previous biographies, this book is the first to make use of more than 2,400 pages of FBI files on Siegel, referencing documents about the reputed gangster in the New York City Municipal Archives and reviewing the 1950-51 testimony before the Senate Committee on organized crime. Chapters cover his early involvement with gangs in New York, his emergence as a favorite among the Hollywood elite in the late 1930s, his lucrative exploits in illegal gambling and horse racing, and his opening of the fabulous Flamingo in 1946. The author also draws upon the recollections of Siegel's eldest daughter to reveal a side of the mobster never before studied--the nature of his family life.



Author: Larry D. Gragg
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 01/16/2015
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781440801853

About the Author

Larry D. Gragg, PhD, is curators' teaching professor of history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.


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