Becoming America's playground : Las Vegas in the 1950s / Larry D. Gragg.

"The story of the emergence of Las Vegas as the premier tourist destination in the nation during the pivotal decade of the 1950s"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gragg, Larry Dale, 1950- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
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Physical Description:xi, 274 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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