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Bill Friedman in Nevada at 775-372-1271
he is the former Las Vegas casino mgr./college instructor, author of a new book, “30 Illegal Years to the Strip” – the untold stories of the gangsters who built the Las Vegas Strip, how they dominated the American Gangland from the late 1920s to about 1950 — they ran elegant, illegal casins around the country before moving on to build the Las Vegas Strip
Bill has researched this book very carefully, revealing never disclosed info on such well-known gangsters as Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Charlie Luciano, Frank Costello, Mickey Cohen, Al Capone and so many others
Bill’s previous best-seller was the award-winning “All Against the Law,” set in the Depression Era, detailing the criminal activities of bank robbers, mafia, FBI, politicians and cops…James Lowe was the first to interview Friedman on this book
Friedman is working on his third book about Las Vegas, due next year — you can google the name Bill Friedman or the titles of his books to get more info on him.