First 100, The: Portraits of the Men and Women Who Shaped Las Vegas

edited by A.D. Hopkins and K.J. Evans

     An award-winning collection of biographies of the 100 most influential Las Vegans. Meet the explorers, builders, outlaws, gamblers, and 14-karat characters who transformed Las Vegas from a desert waterhole to the extraordinary city it is today.

     The First 100 brings to life the incredible men and women who ushered Las Vegas to the forefront of popular culture: from Mob boss Bugsy Siegel to millionaire eccentric Howard Hughes, Rat Pack crooner Frank Sinatra to flamboyant showman Liberace. The First 100 profiles are punctuated by hundreds of historical black-and-white photographs, many never-before published.

 

 

353 pages • TRADE PAPER
10-Digit ISBN: 0-929712-67-6 • 13-Digit ISBN: 978-0-929712-67-3 • $19.95us