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Son of a Gambling Man Hardcover - 2013

by Bob Miller


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A memoir of growing up in mob-run Sin City from a casino heir-turned-governor who's seen two sides of every coin When Bob Miller arrived in Las Vegas as a boy, it was a small, dusty city, a far cry from the glamorous, exciting place it is today. Driving the family car was his father Ross Miller, a tough guy--though a good family man--who had operated on both sides of the law on some of the meaner streets of industrial Chicago. The Miller family was as close and as warm as Ozzie and Harriet, as long as you knew that Ozzie was a bookmaker and a business acquaintance of some very dubious criminal types. As Bob grew up, so did Vegas, now a town of some two million. Ross Miller became a respectable businessman and partner in a major casino, though he was still capable of settling a score with his fists. And Bob went on to law school, entering law enforcement and eventually becoming a popular governor of Nevada, holding office longer than anybody in the state's history. And the Miller family's legacy continues. Bob's own son is presently serving as Secretary of State. A warm family memoir, the story of a city heir, with just a little bit of The Godfather and Casino thrown in for spice, Son of a Gambling Man is a unique and thoroughly memorable story.

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  • Title Son of a Gambling Man
  • Author Bob Miller
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York
  • Date 2013-03-12
  • ISBN 9780312591816 / 0312591810
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 16.26 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Life Writings
  • Library of Congress subjects Las Vegas (Nev.), Nevada
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012042077
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2013, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/28/2013, Page 0

About the author

BOB MILLER is Nevada's longest serving governor, holding office from 1989 to 1999. His son, Ross, who is named after his grandfather, is presently in his second term as Nevada's secretary of state.
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