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Harolds Club or Bust The Story of Pappy Smith Nevada Gaming Pioneer Casino Reno
Harolds Club or Bust The Story of Pappy Smith Nevada Gaming Pioneer Casino Reno
Harolds Club or Bust The Story of Pappy Smith Nevada Gaming Pioneer Casino Reno
Harolds Club or Bust The Story of Pappy Smith Nevada Gaming Pioneer Casino Reno
Harolds Club or Bust The Story of Pappy Smith Nevada Gaming Pioneer Casino Reno
Harolds Club or Bust The Story of Pappy Smith Nevada Gaming Pioneer Casino Reno
Harolds Club or Bust The Story of Pappy Smith Nevada Gaming Pioneer Casino Reno

Harolds Club or Bust The Story of Pappy Smith Nevada Gaming Pioneer Casino Reno

$ 44.36

  • Author: John Wesley Noble
  • Book Series: Historical
  • Book Title: Harolds Club or Bust! : the Story of Pappy Smith, Nevada Gamin Pioneer
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
  • ISBN: 9780972877305
  • Illustrator: Yes
  • Intended Audience: Adults
  • Item Height: 1.5 in
  • Item Length: 9 in
  • Item Width: 6 in
  • Language: English
  • Narrative Type: Nonfiction
  • Number of Pages: 568 Pages
  • Original Language: English
  • Publication Year: 2003
  • Publisher: Nevada Historical Society
  • Seller Notes: “Softcover: Near Fine; ***Please see full description for condition details”
  • Topic: Popular Culture, General
  • gtin13: 9780972877305

Description

Description Title: Harolds Club or Bust! The Story of ''Pappy'' Smith, Nevada Gaming Pioneer Author: John Wesley Noble Description: Inscribed by Harold Smith Sr.'s daughter Diane, Pappy Smith's daughter Twyila, and by the wife of Reno journalist Rollan Melton (Marilyn) to whom the book is dedicated. Softcover. Very faint wear. Minor pen notations on one page, else clean. 33 pages of photographs. 568 pages. 9 x 6 inches. The story of Raymond ''Pappy'' Smith (1887-1967), the Nevada gambling pioneer and innovator who came out west after the stock market crash in 1929. In 1936, he and his son Harold moved from California to Reno and established Harolds Club, which was to become the largest in the state. Binding: Softcover Condition: Near Fine Publisher: Nevada Historical Society Place: Reno Year: 2003 ISBN: 0972877304 Keywords: gambling, casinos, history, Nevada, Reno, Raymond I. Smith, Pappy Smith, gaming industry,