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Moulin Rouge Hotel History Book

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The book is basically 3 pages from the author, a 13 page excerpt from a paper by Roosevelt Fitzgerald at the University of Nevada, and the remainder is bad copies of newpaper clippings. The pictures are particularly hard to make out. If you have a intense interest in finding about th MR, this may be the best source, but don't expect a traditional history. For example, the author managed the place for period of time, but there about about 4 sentences relating to that experience.

If you want to know what the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino was, this book will tell you. If you want greater detail, you have to do your own search. There is not a lot of information regarding the Moulin Rouge, in general, but if you are a casino fan and love Las Vegas, this book is a must.

Actually, I would have probably bought this book if I had read the reviews beforehand. I worked and lived at the Moulin Rouge for a few years in the early 60's...that time period is not mentioned at all in Mr.Taylor's book! It was a most interesting place at the time...a cast of very colorful characters made it their home...to this day I believe some of the residents were in what we call today the Witness Protection Program.

I was saddened by the recent fire at the MR, not only for the historical value of the hotel, but for my own personal history as well. The book is strictly one of a kind and unless someone writes something better in the wake of the fire, it is all we have to remember her by!