Coming to Las Vegas

A True Tale of Sex, Drugs & Sin City in the 70’s

By: Carolyn V. Hamilton

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Carolyn V. Hamilton arrives in Las Vegas in 1973 to join a circus. When that job doesn't work out, she opens the new MGM Grand Hotel/Casino as a cocktail waitress. This turns out to be more involved than a nice Lutheran girl from Seattle would think: parties, stealing, sex, drinking, and drugs are the main entertainment for a bored crew of casino employees. Some waitresses date culinary union bosses, who have their own high drama of payoffs, fights for control, fire bombings and an 18-day culinary union strike. Each story told in this memoir-of the Martin Scorsese Casino era of Las Vegas-is true, and many are humorous as well as outrageous.

©2014 Carolyn V. Hamilton (P)2018 Tantor

Ok

Nothing shocking or exciting. Solid listen but towards the end I was just wanting it to end

Great Story and Easy Read!

I was unsure of the book at first but it quickly grew on me. The narrator does a great job with the pacing and the story is fascinating. I finished it in two sessions.

An interesting slice of a Las Vegas

This book is an interesting look into one person's experience during a very specific slice of Las Vegas' history.
Overall, it was enjoyable.
There were a couple of what I believe to be typos that made it through the recording, which I feel should have been readily caught during production. Those pulled me out of the story.

A most eye opening story about the sin in sin city.

I have never been to Las Vegas, so this was very informative and very interesting regarding the cavalier attitude towards many things but especially murder in the casinos. It seems that cocktail waitresses ignored the fact that they were disrespected, most likely because of the money to be made. This book kept my interest every minute.

Lots of fun stories

This was an enjoyable listen. I felt like I was sitting with a pal, listening to old stories. Overall it was quite entertaining.