Coming to Las Vegas, Carolyn V. Hamilton
Coming to Las Vegas, Carolyn V. Hamilton
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Coming to Las Vegas
A true tale of sex, drugs & Sin City in the 70’s

Author: Carolyn V. Hamilton

Narrator: Coleen Marlo

Unabridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/27/2018

Synopsis

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.

About 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tanya

What a read I love this book I couldn't put it down I fell in love with the characters I could just picture what life in Vegas in the 70s was like I was sad when the book ended because I felt like I was part of this group of people I didn't want it to end I would recommend this book to read......more

Goodreads review by Kim Ciucci

Liked it... Interested in Vegas stories...loved the book. I found it interesting..but not surprising. Fun read. I recommend this to everyone who enjoys some good reality stories.............more

Goodreads review by Michelle

Very interesting tales. Great prespective!......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

This book is a risque’ romp into the fast-lane life of an MGM casino cocktail waitress in 1970’s Las Vegas. Although she starts her Las Vegas career as a graphic designer, the author is eventually drawn to the hefty paychecks and perceived “status” of Vegas cocktail waitressing. This story has all t......more

Goodreads review by Phil

Fascinating. Sexy. Entertaining. Las Vegas continues to be a mysterious city for me. Never been there and is a far away destination from home in Australia. Elvis is my biggest connection there-Viva Las Vegas. But now with this book, I have been introduced to a more personal Las Vegas. A married ex-p......more

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