Las Vegas, Nevada author Dennis N Griffin"s The Battle For Las Vegas selected as Best History Book of 2006 by NewBookReviews.org
- MADILL, OK, January 31, 2007 - New Book Reviews announced the 2006 winners in the NBR,org"s 2006 Spotlight Best Book of the Year Award. Dennis N Griffin"s The Battle For Las Vegas selected as the best history book of 2006 by New Book Reviews editors and reader base. Each year NBR.org selects from their Spotlight Book of the Week Winners, the best non-fiction history book of the year. New Book Reviews criteria for Book of the Year Awards are: writing style and professionalism, marketability, subject interest, reader"s preference, and editor"s preference.
The Battle for Las Vegas - Dennis N Griffin -ISBN 0-929712-37-4 Huntington Press
Synopsis: From the 1970"s through the mid-1980"s, the Chicago Outfit dominated organized crime in Las Vegas. Unreported revenue, known as the "skim," from Outfit-controlled casinos made its way out of Vegas by the bagful, ending up in the coffers of the Windy City crime bosses and their confederates around the Midwest. To ensure the smooth flow of cash, the gangsters installed a front man with no criminal background, Allen R. Glick, as the casino owner of record, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal as the real boss of casino operations, and Tony Spilotro as the ultimate enforcer, who"d do whatever it took to protect their interests. It wasn"t long before Spilotro, also in charge of Vegas street crime, was known as the "King of the Strip." Federal and local law enforcement, recognizing the need to rid the casinos of the mob and shut down Spilotro"s rackets, declared war on organized crime. The Battle for Las Vegas relates the story of the fight between the tough guys on both sides, told in large part by the agents and detectives who knew they had to win.
Our NewBookreview
The Battle For Las Vegas by Dennis N Griffin is a historical look at Chicago"s Organized Crime involvement in crimes committed in Las Vegas, and the lawmen of the law enforcement agencies involved bringing those criminals to justice. Mr Griffin"s style of writing is superb, as in his previous historical accounts, and accented by his use of interviews of people that actually witnessed events as they occurred . The attention to detail in The Battle For Las Vegas makes for interesting, and colorful reading including vintage photos of the people involved. An Outstanding Book of Law Enforcement History!
Ron Watson editor2(at)newbookreviews.org
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