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What is "Cult Vegas"?

The new book that serves as the first entertainment history where subjects of lingering cult fascination meet. From the expected -- the Rat Pack, Elvis -- to the unlikely -- Bela Lugosi, Tura Satana -- it's surprising just how many icons of continued fan interest have a Las Vegas legacy.

Forget about the modern, corporate themed Las Vegas. "Cult Vegas" resurrects the golden-age Sin City of history and legend: Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Ann-Margret, Redd Foxx, the Treniers, Charo, Don Rickles, Juliet Prowse, Buddy Hackett and more.

This 247-page book with 93 rare photos and illustrations has twin areas of overlapping appeal:

-- For lounge, swing and easy-listening music buffs, "Cult Vegas" is a focused, specific history of the "classic Vegas" era that's usually only discussed in vague, romantic generalities, or treated as a small part of an overall picture (in other biographies of Sinatra and Elvis, for example). This is also the first book to offer a real history of the influential and important Vegas lounge scene.

-- For cult movie fans who enjoy books such as "The Golden Turkey Awards" and "The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film," this book brings their fun-bad aesthetic to its rightful home. "Cult Vegas: looks at both outrageous Las Vegas movies -- from "The Amazing Colossal Man" to "Las Vegas Hillbillys" -- to live nightclub acts by the likes of Mamie Van Doren, Lorne Greene and Sherman Hemsley!

Check it out!

"A fine, funny book" -- Bill Zehme, (author of "The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Living' "), Playboy magazine, January 2002.

-- Seen on the Travel Channel's "Las Vegas Celebrity Secrets."

Joe Bob Briggs, Texas sage and drive-in movie expert, says "Cult Vegas" is "the best book on the subject" of Las Vegas entertainment. Read the review

Also see:
  • Feature article about "Cult Vegas" in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.



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