Fly on the Wall: Recollections of Las Vegas' Good Old, Bad Old Days

by Dick Odessky

Book Overview

Imagine what it must have been like to be in Las Vegas during its most glamorous and eventful years: the 1950s, when you could rub elbows with powerful politicians, famous entertainers, and notorious... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929712625
• ISBN13: 9780929712628
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Huntington Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.7" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Loved It.

This is not heavy reading, just a great story about one guy in Vegas during the mob days. Gave me a way to experience a bit of history. One of the better books on Vegas.

This book is written from experience not research

My husband and I are some of the many who have come to enjoy Vegas as a quick getaway. We both really enjoy places with stories to tell, and many have been told about Vegas. This book is the author's recollections of Vegas from the early 50's to the early 90's and the changes he experienced. I commend him on keeping the stories to what he had first-hand knowledge of and not elaborating by filling in with what those of us who've read on Vegas before, already know. It's interesting to get different perspectives on the good old yarns.

Lots of fun!!!

No bombshells or detail-heavy stories here. Just many amusing anecdotes and insights from someone who's a true insider and seemed to have been at the right place at the right time. Highly recommended!

If your a Las Vegas fan, a book you have to read!!!!!

I found 'Fly on The Wall' the best book on the begining days of the Las Vegas boom. The book is well written by a man who has seen the highs and lows of Vegas. A 5 star book.

Great book for any old timer and/or historian of the west.

I arrived in Las Vegas l956. This book is just like reading my personal journal. All the incidents this author relates are factual as I remember those days well. I found the book easy to read. He writes with complete knowledge of the events and personalities... even the reformed mobsters who became well respected local residents. I can recommend this book highly.