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The Last Honest Place in America

Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas

By Marc Cooper


When most of America was consumed by war fever as the United States Army stormed into Baghdad, veteran journalist and war correspondent Marc Cooper turned down the chance to cover the war in Iraq, choosing to remain embedded in Las Vegas, a city that since childhood has had a siren-like pull on him. The Last Honest Place in America is an exploration of the appeal that Vegas holds for Cooper and the tens of millions who stream through its casinos, clubs and resorts.



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