Hi Mark - here's a good basic library you may wish to consider...

01) "The Green Felt Jungle" by Reid & Demaris (1963 classic - still in print)
02) "The Money And The Power" by Denton & Morris (2001 - Knopf)
03) "License To Steal" by Jeff Burbank (2000 - University of Nevada Press)
04) "Fly On The Wall" by Dick Odessky (1999 - Huntington Press)
05) "The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas" edited by Jack Sheehan (1997 - University of Nevada Press)
06) "The Man Who Invented Las Vegas" by W.R. Wilkerson III (2000 - Ciro's Books)
07) "Cult Vegas" by Mike Weatherford [a history of Las Vegas entertainment] 2001 - Huntington Press)
08) "Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling" by Albert Woods Moe (1996 - Nevada Collectables)
09) "Running Scared: The Life And Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn" by John L. Smith (2001 - Four Walls Eight Windows)
10) "24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas" by Andres Martinez (1999 - Dell).

Happy summer reading!

Dick Bartley (R-5316)