Re was truly Hell on Wheels in the 1920's. The rest of the nation considered the town Sodom and Gomorra, but that's only half the truth. Re offered everything in the way of adult entertainment, from speakeasy's and houses of ill-repute, to open gaming - legal or t. And it took plenty of sins by the founding fathers to make Re The biggest little city in the world. When the gold-veins of Topah and Goldfield ran out, the casi owners moved to Re, where even greater riches awaited. Together, a group of four men (Nick Abelman, Bill Graham, Jim McKay, George Wingfield) took over Re's casis and held sway over the town for the next three decades. Together they administered policy, collected juice, ran politicians, and owned the red-light district and most of the town's casis. When that wasn't eugh they took over the banks and laundered money for crooks like Pretty Boy Floyd, Alvin Karpis, and Ma Barker's boys, and offered safety to Baby Face Nelson. It was a good gig. The Re Four dictated policy all over Northern Nevada, taking special care of Re and Lake Tahoe casis up until the late 1950's. Their influence made Re before Bill Harrah or Pappy Smith ever arrived, needing an introduction and permission to build their own casis, Harold's Club and Harrah's. This is an expansion, an unabridged version of Mob City - Re with much to tell about Nevada's gold mining towns.
Author Al W. Moe is a twenty-year veteran of the Nevada Gaming Industry. He writes articles for magazines and web sites like Casino Gambling at About.com and Examiner, and plays poker and blackjack in his spare time. Mr. Moe's first book, Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling, is considered a classic resource for photos and stories from the state's first fifty years of legalized gambling, 1931-1981, and continues to sell-out at many bookstores.