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Blood aces the wild ride of Benny Binion, the Texas gangster who created Vegas poker
| Title | Blood aces the wild ride of Benny Binion, the Texas gangster who created Vegas poker |
| Names | Swanson, Doug J. |
| Book Number | DBC04799 |
| Title Status | Download Only |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Benny Binion's persona of a small-town Texas hick, with rumpled shirts and too-short ties, hid a complex, intelligent and infamous man who could charm or kill with equal ease. This biography of a business icon, owner of the Horseshoe Casino, shows how Las Vegas operated in its golden era. Some descriptions of sex, strong language, and violence. |
| Narrator | Andrews, Bill. |
| Local Subject | Biography & Autobiography - BIO |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| Crime & True Detective - CRI | |
| General Non-Fiction - GNF | |
| History - History of the American West - HUSW | |
| History - HST | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| Audience Notes | Contains descriptions of sex. |
| Contains violence. |
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| Contains strong language. |
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| Male narrator. |
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| LC Subject | Gamblers - Nevada - Las Vegas - Biography |
| Gamblers - Texas - Biography |
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| Gangsters - Nevada - Las Vegas - Biography |
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| Gangsters - Texas - Biography |
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| Biographies |
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| True crime stories |
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| Downloadable books |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Talking books |
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| Call Number | 364.1092 B ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2019 |
| Publication Info | Carson City : Nevada Talking Book Services, Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records, 2019 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: New York : Viking, [2014] 9780670026036 |