Blood aces : the wild ride of Benny Binion, the Texas gangster who created Vegas poker
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- ISBN: 9780143127581 (pbk.)
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viii, 355 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2015, c2014.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-340) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part one : the roll of the dice, 1904-1946. Snides and dinks : an education -- The bumper beater -- Pancho and the Klan -- Good friends and a dead rival -- The thug club -- Shoot-outs and payoffs -- The mob war is joined -- "Lit out running" -- Part two : death and taxes, 1947-1953. Mobbed-up pilgrims -- Texas vs. Vegas -- "A kill-crazy man" -- "Tears rolling down the man's eyes" -- The Benny brand goes national -- The cat's last days -- "They was on the take" -- "No way to duck" -- The great bonanza shootout -- "Whacked around pretty good" -- Part three : the ride back home, 1954-1989. The fireman gets religion -- Strippers and stooges -- Charlie, Evlis, and the revolution -- Another one blows up -- Heroin and the hit man -- U-turn at the gates of heaven -- "They do things like that' -- Happy birthday, dear Benny -- Epilogue : back in the saddle. |
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Subject: | Binion, Benny -- 1904-1989 Gangsters -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Biography Gangsters -- Texas -- Biography Gamblers -- Texas -- Biography Gamblers -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Biography |
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Castlegar Public Library | 364.1092 BIN (Text) | 35146100003615 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |