The Green Felt Jungle

Author : Ed Reid
Publisher : Pocket Books of Canada
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Green Felt Jungle written by Ed Reid and published by Pocket Books of Canada. This book was released on 1965 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Green Felt Jungle was the first book that dares to penetrate the mirage of Las Vegas, the respectable, fun-loving resort where carefree tourists may innocently and legally indulge in gambling. In a carefully documented expose (which includes some astounding, secretly taped confidential conversations), the authors explore the real Las Vegas-a clever (and profitable) front for organized crime.Everything is legal, of course-everything except mysterious, unreported murders, systematic tax evasion, widespread prostitution, tacit segregation, and the graft that greases the entire system.Why was Bugsy Siegel, the founder of modern Las Vegas, liquidated? Who are some of Frank Sinatra's sinister partners in the Sands Hotel? How large is Jimmy Hoffa's interest in the glittering hotels along the Strip? Guess who some of Senator Barry Goldwater's companions have been on his numerous gambling junkets. And why was the body of a United States Senator who died just before election day preserved in a bathtub full of ice until all the returns were in?Citing irrefutable evidence, the authors expose the ways in which some of the nation's top criminals, under the pretense of operating "legitimate" businesses, are actually pouring millions of tourist-trade dollars into the coffers of the Mafia. They name the hidden interests who really control the casinos and disclose the hypocrisy and corruption that surround public officials on virtually every level of government.Also explained in detail are the tourist's actual chances of coming away a winner, the various "house percentages," the subtle devices used to lure players to the tables-and keep them there. Ironically, the gambling equipment is possibly the only thing in Las Vegas that is really on the level.

Author : Edward REID (and DEMARIS (Ovid))
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Green felt jungle. [With plates.] written by Edward REID (and DEMARIS (Ovid)) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Horvat
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1646541383
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape From the Green Felt Jungle written by John Horvat and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Horvat, dealer of games to dealer of fortunes. John, a struggling twenty-one dealer, becomes a multimillionaire and says, “I guarantee that you can do it, too, if you apply my formula to your life and use a dog-eared copy of this book to keep your dream alive.” His motivation has nothing to do with personal gain. It has to do with passing to you what he’s been privileged to learn. He says, “It’s my duty as a Christian.” He struggled through different jobs—served a tour in the military, failed in small businesses, has a bad marriage, and worked for a few years as a twenty-one dealer. John fought his way out of the green felt jungle and shares his escape route with you.

Author : Gerald Huber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789832282198
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Green Felt Jungle written by Gerald Huber and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Horvat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780970168818
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape from the Green Felt Jungle written by John Horvat and published by . This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Suzanne Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780545425162
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Year of the Jungle written by Suzanne Collins and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzy spends her year in first grade waiting for her father, who is serving in Vietnam, and when the postcards stop coming she worries that he will never make it home.

Author : Ovid Demaris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9784871873345
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boardwalk Jungle written by Ovid Demaris and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long out-of-print book is reprinted here because in Chapter 30 entitled "Trumping Up the Boardwalk," starting on page 379, it reveals the compromises President-Elect Donald Trump made and had to make with the Mafia that was in control of Atlantic City to get his foot in the door. It reveals how Trump was able to use his connections to get in control of Atlantic City casinos without putting in a dime of his own money. These reports have been recently confirmed by The New York Times. It also reveals why Trump had to keep his strange alliance with the obviously corrupt Governor of the State of New Jersey. "I've said it before and I will repeat it again to organized crime. Keep your filthy hands off of Atlantic City! Keep the Hell out of our state." New Jersey Governor, June 2, 1977 (the date he signed the Casino Control Act) This warning was in vain. Powerful crime families were already muscling their way into Atlantic City. Their methods were extortion, bribery and when necessary murder. Atlantic City became The Boardwalk Jungle. Acclaimed Journalist and author Ovid Demaris, the man who revealed Las Vegas to the world in The Green Felt Jungle, now gives us the shocking true story of how Atlantic City went from seaside haven to Mafia Mecca. From licensing hearings to wiretapped conversations, from the governors office to the gambling tables, the author names names and shows us the chilling truth of how greed money and terror conquered a state. Here you will learn the inside the inside story behind each casino - Resorts International, Caesars Boardwalk Regency, Bally Park Place, Playboy/Atlantas, Harrah's, Tropicana, Sands, Claridge, Trump Plaza and the Trump Castle. As the glittering extravaganzas shot skyward, the rest of the city withered to a slum, overrun by loan sharks, thieves and prostitutes. The Boardwalk became a billion dollar capital of crime as bad if not worse than Las Vegas.

Author : Ovid Demaris
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Greed, Corruption, and the Mafia Turned Atlantic City Into--the Boardwalk Jungle written by Ovid Demaris and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1986 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hal Rothman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil's Bargains written by Hal Rothman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West is popularly perceived as America's last outpost of unfettered opportunity, but twentieth-century corporate tourism has transformed it into America's "land of opportunism." From Sun Valley to Santa Fe, towns throughout the West have been turned over to outsiders—and not just to those who visit and move on, but to those who stay and control. Although tourism has been a blessing for many, bringing economic and cultural prosperity to communities without obvious means of support or allowing towns on the brink of extinction to renew themselves; the costs on more intangible levels may be said to outweigh the benefits and be a devil's bargain in the making. Hal Rothman examines the effect of twentieth-century tourism on the West and exposes that industry's darker side. He tells how tourism evolved from Grand Canyon rail trips to Sun Valley ski weekends and Disneyland vacations, and how the post-World War II boom in air travel and luxury hotels capitalized on a surge in discretionary income for many Americans, combined with newfound leisure time. From major destinations like Las Vegas to revitalized towns like Aspen and Moab, Rothman reveals how the introduction of tourism into a community may seem innocuous, but residents gradually realize, as they seek to preserve the authenticity of their communities, that decision-making power has subtly shifted from the community itself to the newly arrived corporate financiers. And because tourism often results in a redistribution of wealth and power to "outsiders," observes Rothman, it represents a new form of colonialism for the region. By depicting the nature of tourism in the American West through true stories of places and individuals that have felt its grasp, Rothman doesn't just document the effects of tourism but provides us with an enlightened explanation of the shape these changes take. Deftly balancing historical perspective with an eye for what's happening in the region right now, his book sets new standards for the study of tourism and is one that no citizen of the West whose life is touched by that industry can afford to ignore.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1250 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1967 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)