Children of Las Vegas
(Book)

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Pyke, Steve Photographer
Published
London : Unbound, 2016.
Status
Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
London : Unbound, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 166 pages : portraits ; 23 cm
Language
English

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TRUE STORIES. Thirty-seven million people visit Las Vegas every year. It's a city that offers to fulfil all your desires, without any repercussions. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas ... right? But what happens to the people who have to grow up there? Children of Las Vegas tells ten of their stories, recorded by award-winning author Timothy O'Grady: tales of overdoses, desert shoot-outs, suicides, casinos, desert air and broken dreams. They include the son of a casino owner whose father gambled their fortune away and died broke and alone; a mother of five whose partner kidnapped her children and is now a meth addict, living in the tunnels within sight of the glittering lights of the city; and a 23-year-old star performer, turned male prostitute. These are the children of the card dealers and the cocktail shakers, the jugglers and the dancers, the limo drivers and the wheel spinners. These are the children whose parents don't come home until they've left for school.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

O'Grady, T., & Pyke, S. (2016). Children of Las Vegas . Unbound.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

O'Grady, Timothy and Steve Pyke. 2016. Children of Las Vegas. London: Unbound.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

O'Grady, Timothy and Steve Pyke. Children of Las Vegas London: Unbound, 2016.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

O'Grady, T. and Pyke, S. (2016). Children of las vegas. London: Unbound.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

O'Grady, Timothy,, and Steve Pyke. Children of Las Vegas Unbound, 2016.

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