Coming to Las Vegas: A true tale of sex, drugs & Sin City in the 70’s
By Carolyn V. Hamilton
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Carolyn V. Hamilton arrives in Las Vegas in 1973 to join a circus. When that job doesn't work out, she opens the new MGM Grand Hotel/Casino as a cocktail waitress. This turns out to be more involved than a nice Lutheran girl from Seattle would think: parties, stealing, sex, drinking and drugs are the main entertainment for a bored crew of casino employees. Some waitresses date culinary union bosses, who have their own high drama of payoffs, fights for control, fire bombings and an 18-day culinary union strike. Each story told in this memoir—of the Martin Scorsese "Casino" era of Las Vegas—is true, and many are humorous as well as outrageous.
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Summary
Carolyn V. Hamilton arrives in Las Vegas in 1973 to join a circus. When that job doesn't work out, she opens the new MGM Grand Hotel/Casino as a cocktail waitress. This turns out to be more involved than a nice Lutheran girl from Seattle would think: parties, stealing, sex, drinking and drugs are the main entertainment for a bored crew of casino employees. Some waitresses date culinary union bosses, who have their own high drama of payoffs, fights for control, fire bombings and an 18-day culinary union strike. Each story told in this memoir—of the Martin Scorsese "Casino" era of Las Vegas—is true, and many are humorous as well as outrageous.Author
Author Bio: Carolyn V. Hamilton
Carolyn V. Hamilton is the author of several novels and coauthor of another Las Vegas memoir, Cork Proctor’s My Mind is an Open Mouth, a Life Behind the Mic. She is also Editor and Chief Adventuress for the digital magazine adventuress-travel-magazine.com. She divides her time between Las Vegas, Nevada; Seattle, Washington; and her home in Cuenca, Ecuador, South America.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography |
| Runtime: | 6.06 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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