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On the Boulevard -- The Best of John L. Smith
On the Boulevard The Best of John L Smith Author:John L. Smith Voted "Nevada's Outstanding Journalist" by the Nevada Press Association in 1998, John L. Smith has been the lead columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for the last ten years. On the Boulevard--The Best of John L. Smith distills more than 2,000 of his essays into a collection that provides a provocative insight into the heart a... more »nd soul of Las Vegas and the people who populate this wonderful whimsical city.
Las Vegas has been home to some of America's most colorful characters, from mobster Herb Blitzstein to singer Wayne Newton, from fight trainer Johnny Tocco to stunt nun Jenny Malcolm, from perennial political candidate Harry Korie to Lauretta Holmes, who for more than two decades has cared for the handicapped daughter of the late heavyweight champion Joe Louis. Smith's stories--sometimes angry, sometimes poignant, often humorous--chronicle these winners and losers, the thieves in the temple and the angels in the alley. Their voices and those of others echo throughout the pages of On the Boulevard as John L. Smith leads readers in a dizzying dance down Las Vegas' boulevard of time.
A fourth-generation Nevadan, Smith came to prominence in 1995 with his explosive unauthorized biography, Running Scared--The Life and Treacherous Times of Casino King Steve Wynn. Two years later, Huntington Press published Smith' s acclaimed No Limit--The Rise and Fall of Bob Stupak and Las Vegas' Stratosphere Tower.« less