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Blood Aces the Wild Ride of Benny Binion Hardcover - 2014
by Swanson, Doug
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- Hardcover
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Details
- Title Blood Aces the Wild Ride of Benny Binion
- Author Swanson, Doug
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition/First Printing
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking., New York
- Date 2014
- Bookseller's Inventory # 38907
- ISBN 9780670026036 / 0670026034
- Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.38 x 0.99 in (23.55 x 16.21 x 2.51 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Gamblers - Nevada - Las Vegas, Binion, Benny
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013047860
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
The first full biography of Benny Biniona rip-roaring saga of murder, money, and the making of Vegas
Benny Binion was many things: a cowboy, a pioneering casino-owner, a gangster, a killer, and founder of the hugely successful World Series of Poker.
Blood Aces tells the story of Binion’s crucial role in shaping modern Las Vegas.
From a Texas backwater, Binion rose to prominence on a combination of vision, determination, and brutal expediency. His formula was simple: run a good business, cultivate the big boys, kill your enemies, and own the cops.
Through a mix of cold-bloodedness, native intelligence, folksiness, and philanthropy, Binion became one of the most revered figures in the history of gambling, and his showmanship, shrewdness, and violence would come to constitute the Vegas aura.
Veteran journalist Doug J. Swanson uses once-secret government documents and dogged reporting to show how Binion destroyed his rivals and out-smarted his adversariesincluding J. Edgar Hoover.
As fast-paced as any thriller, Blood Aces tells a story that is unmatched in the annals of American criminal justice, a vital yet untold piece of this country’s history.
Benny Binion was many things: a cowboy, a pioneering casino-owner, a gangster, a killer, and founder of the hugely successful World Series of Poker.
Blood Aces tells the story of Binion’s crucial role in shaping modern Las Vegas.
From a Texas backwater, Binion rose to prominence on a combination of vision, determination, and brutal expediency. His formula was simple: run a good business, cultivate the big boys, kill your enemies, and own the cops.
Through a mix of cold-bloodedness, native intelligence, folksiness, and philanthropy, Binion became one of the most revered figures in the history of gambling, and his showmanship, shrewdness, and violence would come to constitute the Vegas aura.
Veteran journalist Doug J. Swanson uses once-secret government documents and dogged reporting to show how Binion destroyed his rivals and out-smarted his adversariesincluding J. Edgar Hoover.
As fast-paced as any thriller, Blood Aces tells a story that is unmatched in the annals of American criminal justice, a vital yet untold piece of this country’s history.