The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America - Denton, Sally ; Morris, Roger

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The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America by Denton, Sally ; Morris, Roger Format: Hardcover with Dust JacketPublished by Knopf, 2001 The shadowy pas t and present of Las Vegas-and its role in the shaping of today's America-are here revealed as never before by two of the country's leading investigative reporters. After five years of intensive research and interviewing, Sally Denton and Roger Morris make clear how and why Las Vegas became the greatest "business success story" of the twentieth century, and how the rest of America ensured this success by contributing capital as well as customers. Show more