It Happened in Las Vegas: Remarkable Events That Shaped History, First Edition

A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped Sin City, It Happened in Las Vegas describes everything from a nineteenth-century land deal that almost created two competing cities to the torrential rainstorm that flooded downtown Vegas with three inches of water.

Author: Paul W. Papa
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: 10/01/2009
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.32w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780762750177

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 79

About the Author
Paul W. Papa is a full-time writer who has lived in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. For more than fifteen years he worked at several casinos. As a security officer, it was he who shut and locked the doors of the Sands Hotel and Casino for the final time. He later became a hotel investigator for a major strip casino, during which time he developed a love for writing true stories about uncommon events.