Satan's playground : mobsters and movie stars at America's greatest gaming resort /

Satan's playground : mobsters and movie stars at America's greatest gaming resort /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vanderwood, Paul J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Series:American encounters/global interactions.
Subjects:
Gambling industry > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California) > History > 20th century.
Gambling industry > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Gambling industry > Social aspects > Mexico > Tijuana (Baja California)
Gambling industry > Social aspects > Mexican-American Border Region.
Table of Contents:
  • The mob strikes the border barons
  • Mobs
  • Playground of the hemisphere
  • Fortuitous breaks
  • Border Babylon
  • King of border vice
  • "They're off!"
  • Prohibition's bounty
  • The new wave
  • Agua Caliente in gestation
  • Building Camelot
  • Captain Jerry's day
  • "Silent" Marty's oration
  • Veracity
  • Fixes
  • Sentencing and censoring
  • Hollywood's playground
  • "Place your bets!"
  • Get the barons!
  • Fools and thieves
  • A dead cock in the pit
  • What ever happened to?
  • Ghosts.