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When Elvis crooned Bright light city . . . gonna set my soul on fire, he voiced and embraced the siren call of a glittering urban utopia that continues to mesmerize millions. Call it Sin City or Lost Wages, Las Vegas definitely deserves its rapturous Viva! Larry Gragg, however, invites readers to view Las Vegas in an entirely new way. While countless other authors have focused on its history or gaming industry or entertainment ties, Gragg considers how popular culture has depicted the city and its powerful allure over its first century. Drawing on hundreds of films, television programs, novels, and articles, Gragg identifies changing trends in the citys portraits. Until the 1940s, boosters promoted it as the last frontier town, a place where prospectors and cowboys enjoyed liquor, women, and wide-open gambling. Then in the early 1950s commentators increasingly characterized Las Vegas as a sophisticated resort city in the desert, and ever since then journalists, filmmakers, and novelists have depicted a city largely built by organized crime and featuring non-stop entertainment, gambling, luxury, and, of course, beautifuland availablewomen. In Graggs narrative, these images form a ka

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Author

Larry Dale Gragg

Publisher

Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700619030

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

3.9 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14