Vegas: The City the Mob Made

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Las Vegas...Sin City...There is no place like it on earth. The adult playground in the Sun... The country s greatest resort city... the gambling capital of the world ...A place of casinos...Home of the famous, and infamous Strip. It is a city where for the right price every kind of entertainment is available for everyone and anyone at any time... It is a city that never sleeps. But it is also a uniquely American city...A Western city ... A desert city. Las Vegas story is a 20th century tale...A tale that unites the Mob with the Wild West a culture of cowboys, gunslingers, and saloons. Las Vegas reflects the greater American story of freedom, and the American dream of striking it rich...The last place where you can arrive as a nobody and leave as a king.

Yet it is also a story that would have never been written without the foresight and sponsorship of America s organized crime syndicate...Organized crime that played out here in Las Vegas differently than it did anywhere else in the country. This series Las Vegas: The City the Mob Built chronicles the untold history of this most American of cities... Las Vegas.

CONTENTS:


Episode 1: The Mob Before Las Vegas
Episode 2: Las Vegas Before the Mob
Episode 3: The Mob Comes to Las Vegas
Episode 4: Las Vegas Golden Age
Episode 5: On Top of theWorld
Episode 6: Las Vegas Becomes a Modern City
Episode 7: Vegas Reinvents Itself
Episode 8: The End of Mob Rule in Las Vegas
Episode 9: Corporate Vegas
Episode 10: Las Vegas - America s Third City

Features

• DVD
• 2 disc's
• filmed in color and black & white

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