Blood Aces - The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas

A rip-roaring saga of murder, money, and the making of Las Vegas They say in Vegas you can't understand the town unless you understand Benny Binion--mob boss, casino owner, and creator of the World Series of Poker. Beginning as a Texas horse trader, Binion built a gambling empire in Depression-era Dallas. When the law chased him out of town, he loaded up suitcases with cash and headed for Vegas. The place would never be the same. Dramatic as any gangster movie, Blood Aces draws readers into the colorful world of notorious mobsters like Clyde Barrow and Bugsy Siegel. Given access to previously classified government documents, biographer Doug J. Swanson provides the definitive account of a great American antihero, a man whose rise from thugdom to prominence and power is unmatched in the history of American criminal justice.

About the author

DOUG J. SWANSON is an investigative reporter for the Dallas Morning News. He has twice been named the top reporter in Texas and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Product details

• Authors: Doug Swanson, Doug J Swanson, Doug J. Swanson, Swanson Doug J.
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2015
• EAN: 9780143127581
• ISBN: 978-0-14-312758-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; True Crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: general, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / General, Organized crime, Gambling: theories & methods, Biography: historical, political and military, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / General, Gambling: theories and methods