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LaVere Redfield was a prolific hoarder. When he died in 1974, his estate was estimated at more than $70 million. Executors found 680 bags of silver coins and 40
Every Light was on
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Pages: 454
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Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-01-01 - Publisher: University of Nevada Oral History

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Nevada Casinos of the 1930s were rough-and-tumble businesses, deeply rooted in the frontier ethos from which legalized gaming had emerged: cheating, profit skim
King of the Slots
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Authors: Jack Harpster
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This book offers the first full-length biography of the man often described as one of the most influential and innovative people in the gaming industry over the
The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago
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William Butler Ogden was a pioneer railroad magnate, one of the earliest founders and developers of the city of Chicago, and an important influence on U.S. west
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Was Duane L. Bliss a business genius or a despoiler of natural resources? This is one of the major themes in this first-ever biography of one of the Pacific Wes