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Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker
by Swanson, Doug
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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.
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- Title
- Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker
- Author
- Swanson, Doug
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used: Good
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- ISBN 10
- 0670026034
- ISBN 13
- 9780670026036
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- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014-08-14
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