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On the Boulevard--The Best of John L. Smith |  | Authors: John L. Smith, John L. Smith
Publisher: Huntington Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1612936
Media: Paperback
Pages: 315
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0929712692
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.93135
EAN: 9780929712697
Publication Date: January 1, 1999
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Product Description
Brings together the best writing of Las Vegas' most popular columnist, the Las Vegas Review-Journal's John L. Smith. Smith provides singular insights into the fast, fluid, and often funny town he's chronicled for nearly 20 years. Subjects include: Las Vegas mayor and Mob mouthpiece Oscar Goodman, legendary slot cheat Bill Land, and seldom-chronicled gambling icons such as Mel Exber (Las Vegas Club), Si Redd (IGT), and Big Julie Weintraub ('60s junket operator).
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The definitive book about life on and off the Vegas Strip October 22, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
ON THE BOULEVARD is a wonderful compilation of Smith's best daily columns. It's a fun and easy read that gives the reader insight into every-day life in Las Vegas -- from a fourth-generation Nevadan. Smith is the most-read columnist in Nevada because his stories cover the human side of Vegas, the side most tourists never see. I highly recommend!
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I grew up in Vegas in the sixties and seventies and was well informed about the actions of the milieu of players and characters from Al Sachs to Steve Wynn, his hair dresser, and a slew of other minor league boys and girls. I watched the Jewish factions patiently watch Spilotro stepping on their feet and wondered why they didn't shoot his short little ass long before the Italians finally did. No one knows all of the intertwining relationships that were the life back then, and no one writes it better. To truly understand Las Vegas you must read John Smith before and after your studies begin.
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