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Picturing Las Vegas

Author : Linda Chase
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423604881
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Picturing Las Vegas written by Linda Chase and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2009 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through colorful photogra phs and firsthand narrative detail, Picturing Las Vegas tells the story of a city whose history mirrors that of America itself: a tale of the frontier, of corruption and greed, of beauty and loss and ineffable hope. From its hardscrabble origins, to the Golden Age of the Rat Pack, to today's mind-blowing theme-park casinos, Las Vegas is the city that has it all. Mobsters. Mormons. Elvis and Wayne Newton, Siegfried and Roy. It's a place where change is the one constant, and where the pursuit of happiness is the only law. In the words of writer Chuck Palahniuk, it's the place that "looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night." Linda Chase is the author of Surfing Women of the Waves and grew up in Las Vegas. She lives in California. Explores the fascinating story of Sin City, from its origins as a desert outpost to today's eye-popping fantasyland

A Photo Tour of Las Vegas

Author : Andrew Hudson
Publisher : Photo Tour Coffee-Table Books
ISBN 13 : 9781930495036
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book A Photo Tour of Las Vegas written by Andrew Hudson and published by Photo Tour Coffee-Table Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavish coffee-table-format tribute to the attractions of Sin City is organized geographically to cover its downtown, north strip, south strip, and "off the strip" areas, in a full-color photographic tour that is complemented by historical information. Simultaneous.

Las Vegas Then and Now

Author : Su Kim Chung
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 1911670107
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Las Vegas Then and Now written by Su Kim Chung and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-11-24 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Vegas Then and Now pairs vintage shots from 100 years of the city's history with the same view today.

Las Vegas, 1905-1965

Author : Lynn M. Zook
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738569697
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Las Vegas, 1905-1965 written by Lynn M. Zook and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone thinks they know the story of Las Vegas: the showgirls, the gambling, the mob. But Las Vegas has always been much more. Families have lived here since its founding in 1905. After 1931, legalized gaming became the big tourist draw, and following World War II, the town began to market itself as "America's Playground." That is when the famed Las Vegas Strip came into its own and downtown was dubbed "Glitter Gulch." These vintage postcards show how Las Vegas evolved from a dusty railroad town into the "Entertainment Capital of the World," while remaining a city filled with families and pioneering souls.

Las Vegas

Author : Mitch Barker
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467130664
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Las Vegas written by Mitch Barker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Vegas, New Mexico, is 70 years older than the Nevada city of the same name. Eleven years after its founding in 1835, it was the first settlement in Mexico reached by invading US troops in the Mexican-American War. In later years, it was an intensely violent place, an equal to Dodge City and Tombstone. Gunmen such as Billy the Kid, Mysterious Dave Mather, Doc Holliday, and others walked the streets of Las Vegas. The town also built grand houses and mercantile buildings. It rivaled Albuquerque and Santa Fe for importance and boasted one of the state's two streetcar systems. Here, Teddy Roosevelt announced his availability to serve as president, and Tom Mix filmed his earliest movies.

Las Vegas and Beyond

Author : Peter Lik
Publisher : Peter Lik's Wilderness Press Pty
ISBN 13 : 9781876585280
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Las Vegas and Beyond written by Peter Lik and published by Peter Lik's Wilderness Press Pty. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally renowned Australian photographer depicts Las Vegas and its environs through a series of lush, panoramic shots. The artist describes the area as a "neon oasis embraced by a spiritual land", and as his photography shows, Las Vegas and the Nevada desert are home to some striking and beautiful visual extremes.

Las Vegas Little Black Book

Author : David Demontmollin
Publisher : Justin, Charles & Co.
ISBN 13 : 193211243X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Las Vegas Little Black Book written by David Demontmollin and published by Justin, Charles & Co.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bachelor party/guy's weekend has become a staple of the Las Vegas strip. The Las Vegas Little Black Book knows what men want from their weekend in Sin City, where to find it, how much to pay for it and how to go home satisfied.

The Strip

Author : Stefan Al
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026203574X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Strip written by Stefan Al and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformations of the Strip—from the fake Wild West to neon signs twenty stories high to “starchitecture”—and how they mirror America itself. The Las Vegas Strip has impersonated the Wild West, with saloon doors and wagon wheels; it has decked itself out in midcentury modern sleekness. It has illuminated itself with twenty-story-high neon signs, then junked them. After that came Disney-like theme parks featuring castles and pirates, followed by replicas of Venetian canals, New York skyscrapers, and the Eiffel Tower. (It might be noted that forty-two million people visited Las Vegas in 2015—ten million more than visited the real Paris.) More recently, the Strip decided to get classy, with casinos designed by famous architects and zillion-dollar collections of art. Las Vegas became the “implosion capital of the world” as developers, driven by competition, got rid of the old to make way for the new—offering a non-metaphorical definition of “creative destruction.” In The Strip, Stefan Al examines the many transformations of the Las Vegas Strip, arguing that they mirror transformations in America itself. The Strip is not, as popularly supposed, a display of architectural freaks but representative of architectural trends and a record of social, cultural, and economic change. Al tells two parallel stories. He describes the feverish competition of Las Vegas developers to build the snazziest, most tourist-grabbing casinos and resorts—with a cast of characters including the mobster Bugsy Siegel, the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and the would-be political kingmaker Sheldon Adelson. And he views the Strip in a larger social context, showing that it has not only reflected trends but also magnified them and sometimes even initiated them. Generously illustrated with stunning color images throughout, The Strip traces the many metamorphoses of a city that offers a vivid projection of the American dream.

Street Art Las Vegas

Author : William Shea
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977880690
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Street Art Las Vegas written by William Shea and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographers William Shea and Patrick Lai release the first ever photo documentary about the Las Vegas street art and graffiti scene with the intention of creating awareness about the unseen talent and hidden benefits that street art contributes to the art community. The 8 x 10 book is made up of 200 pages, and consists of 252 high quality full color images. The project time frame covers several years, with photos from all parts of the valley and the Life is Beautiful Festival. Introduction by writer and journalist Ed Fuentes.

Lost in Las Vegas

Author : Dan Greenburg
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375833455
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Lost in Las Vegas written by Dan Greenburg and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After crashing their spaceship in the Nevada desert, Klatu, Lek, and their sister Ploo go to Las Vegas in search of the one mechanic who can fix it.

Elvis in Vegas

Author : Paul Lichter
Publisher : Duckworth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780715641729
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Elvis in Vegas written by Paul Lichter and published by Duckworth Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Vegas has witnessed the triumphs and tragedies of Elvis Presley's life, from his first appearance at 21 to his marriage to Priscilla in 1967. With hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of Elvis' Vegas years, this book is the key volume in any Elvis aficionado's collection.

Lost Las Vegas

Author : Jeff Burbank
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1909815039
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Lost Las Vegas written by Jeff Burbank and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Las Vegas traces the cherished places in the city that time and the brutal forces of economics have swept aside before the National Register of Historic Places could save them from the wrecker's ball or, in the case of Las Vegas, before the Neon Boneyard can claim them.Organised chronologically starting with the earliest losses and ending with the latest, the book details the many hotels and casinos that failed to move with the times and got swept away for something bigger, better and brighter.Legendary names in the field of entertainment have come and gone - the Sands hotel featured many of the rapack in residence, but the casino is long gone. Howard Hughes and the mob featured heavily in Vegas history but neither could sustain their success for very long. Today, it is the showgirl who is under threat. That Vegas institution is under threat from the big setpiece shows such as Cirque du Soleil.Losses include: Arizona Club, El Portal Theater, Clark County Courthouse, Hotel Nevada, First State Bank, Las Vegas Rail depot, El Dorado Club, Old Ice House, Atomic Tourism, Helldorado on Fremont Street, The Green Shack, El Rancho Vegas, Hotel Last Frontier, Desert Inn, Sands, Sahara, The Thunderbird, The Mint, Royal Nevada, Stardust, Showboat, Hotel Biltmore, Dunes, Hacienda, Moulin Rouge, Tally Ho, Paddlewheel/Debby Reynold’s. Silver Slipper, Tam O’Shanter, Bonanza, Boardwalk Casino, Old Las Vegas Convention Center, Landmark Hotel, Aladdin, La Concha, Westward Ho!, Castaways

Las Vegas Studio

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Las Vegas Studio written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beautiful Little Vegas

Author : Jim Terr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780929830056
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Beautiful Little Vegas written by Jim Terr and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photos of the visually amazing Las Vegas, New Mexico (the original Las Vegas, founded in 1835). Besides having been the roughest town in the West, according to many historians (see www.HookIntoHistory.com), Las Vegas is one of the busiest TV and film locations in the Southwest, the locale for all or much of "Red Dawn," "Longmire," "No Country for Old Men," "Roswell, NM," "Easy Rider," and hundreds of other shows.

Historic Photos of Las Vegas

Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618586475
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Las Vegas written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Vegas—a Spanish word meaning "The Meadows" or "The Grasslands"—was established as a railroad town in 1905 and was officially incorporated in 1911. It is the largest city in the United States founded in the 20th century and goes by the two different nicknames of "The Entertainment Capital of the World" and "Sin City". Las Vegas continues to evolve: the city legalized gambling in 1936, Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel opened in 1946 starting the now infamous Las Vegas Strip, and Steve Wynn opened The Mirage in 1989 starting a new era with the megaresort casinos. This book follows life, government, events and people important to Las Vegas history and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Las Vegas!

Remembering Las Vegas

Author : Jeff Burbank
Publisher : Remembering
ISBN 13 : 9781596526532
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Remembering Las Vegas written by Jeff Burbank and published by Remembering. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest city in the United States to be developed entirely within the twentieth century, Las Vegas has always been a unique place. From its beginnings, when two town sites competed to become the new community rising from the desert, to its modern status as a tourism and entertainment center, Las Vegas has always been a town that took chances and seized opportunities. With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book Historic Photos of Las Vegas, Jeff Burbank provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Las Vegas. Remembering Las Vegas captures this story through still photography selected from the finest collections, a visual record of the city's history presented in more than a hundred historic photographs. From a dusty tent city to the glittering lights of the most popular tourist destination in the country, these images tell of railroads and ranchers, the Hoover Dam and the Vegas Strip, mining and gambling, visionaries and star performers. Historic events and everyday life are preserved in vivid black-and-white images to tell the story of one of America's most exciting cities.

The Las Vegas Fact and Picture Book

Author : Gina Mcintyre
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781544883663
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book The Las Vegas Fact and Picture Book written by Gina Mcintyre and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of questions and answers that gives young people a closer look at what they'd see in a visit to Las Vegas.