Books

 Forgotten Man

Bill Bennett biography

by Jack Sheehan

How Circus Circus's Bill Bennett brought middle America to Las Vegas. A biography told through in-depth interviews with those who knew the man, who as much as anyone built modern Las Vegas.

Quiet Kingmaker Of Las Vegas

E. Perry Thomas biography

by Jack Sheehan

Quiet Kingmaker paints a fascinating portrait of a man who saw the potential of Las Vegas early on and the set about making sure his vision came true. Along the way, Perry Thomas, raised fine and successful family and helped many entrepreneurs see their own dreams realized. Elaine Wynn sums up the man: "There's no one who had a broader view of what Las Vegas could become than Perry, nor is there anyone who had better intentions of the direction the city might go."

Class of '47

by Jack Sheehan

In the Class of '47 Annapolis America's Best, author Jack Sheehan gives us a fascinating personal look at some of notable Annapolis graduates from this one amazing year.

World War ignited American patriotism and filled the nations military academies with thousands of young men eager to serve their country. No military class, however, turned out to be more accomplished or better prepared than the U.S. Naval Academy class of '47.

Skin City: Behind The Scenes of the Las Vegas Sex Industry

by Jack Sheehan

In Skin City, journalist and longtime Vegas resident Jack Sheehan goes beyond  the bright lights to explore the dark thrills of the city's sex industry. Both lurid and fascinating, here is an unabashed look at the stripping, hustling, and hooking that have that have turned a desert gaming metropolis into the world's capital of lascivious entertainment. "Sheehan did a great job exposing the underbelly of Las Vegas. A really fast read" 

-Oscar Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas 

The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas

by Jack Sheehan

Las Vegas has been described as "the last great, mythic city that Western civilization will every create" and its brief, phenomenal history has been largely shaped by a handful of fascinating and astute casino operators who turned a dusty desert into the gaudy, booming holiday mecca that it is today. The essays in this book introduce us to these "players" and outline the decisions that led them and their chosen city to unparalleled heights of success. 

Buried Lies: True Tales and Tall Stories from the PGA Tour

Peter Jacobson

with Jack Sheehan

Las Vegas has been described as "the last great, mythic city that Western civilization will every create" and its brief, phenomenal history has been largely shaped by a handful of fascinating and astute casino operators who turned a dusty desert into the gaudy, booming holiday mecca that it is today. The essays in this book introduce us to these "players" and outline the decisions that led them and their chosen city to unparalleled heights of success. 

Above Las Vegas Its Canyons And Mountains

photography by Robert Cameron

text by Jack Sheehan

Sheehan  collaborated with famed photographer Robert Cameron, who has photographed most of the famous cities in the world in his Above series, to create a beautiful coffee table book celebrating Las Vegas. In each city he photographed , Cameron chose a noted writer who resided in that particular city, to add prose to his pictures. Among them were Alistair Cooke, George Plimpton, Herb Caen, and Jack Sheehan.

City of Champions 

The History of Professional Golf in Las Vegas

by Jack Sheehan

and Brian Hurlburt

 The Las Vegas Founders Club was the driving force behind the PGA  Tour, Champions Tour, junior golf, UNLV golf, and, for a time, the LPGA  Tour in Las Vegas for about a quarter century. The members of this  prestigious group were the who's who of Las Vegas, and dedicated  themselves to honoring the game while creating the blueprint of how to  promote Las Vegas to the world via golf. The Club blossomed to public  life in 1983 under the guidance of golf legend Jim Colbert, who  convinced several Vegas power brokers to put up the first million-dollar  purse in PGA Tour history. Since that seminal event which included 204  professionals and 832 amateurs over four golf courses, the Las Vegas  Founders Club has awarded more than $14 million dollars to many  worthwhile Las Vegas charitable organizations and helped create a UNLV  golf program that won the 1998 NCAA title. And so much more...