Bugsy's Shadow

Larry D. Gragg is a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus and the University Historian at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His books include Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas and Becoming America's Playground: Las Vegas in the 1950s.

"Las Vegas aficionado Larry Gragg once again has mined the city's history for gold and found a whopper of a nugget in the remarkable life and times of casino founding father Moe Sedway. With an obvious love for his subject, Gragg traces Sedway from his earliest days through his rise and fall in Las Vegas as an ally of a notorious crowd led by none other than Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel. There's something in here for longtime Vegas denizens and for first-time visitors alike." - John L. Smith, author of Running Scared: The Life and Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn "Larry Gragg deserves a medal for tackling the long-neglected story of Moe Sedway, who has been unfairly overshadowed by his larger-than-life partner in crime, Bugsy Siegel. This is a vital and invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding organized crime's pivotal role in the rise of Las Vegas." - Geoff Schumacher, author of Sun, Sin, and Suburbia: The History of Modern Las Vegas, Revised and Expanded "In Bugsy's Shadow, Larry Gragg sheds light on one of the lesser-known individuals in Las Vegas casino history. He has done a remarkable job of detailing Moe Sedway's often-obscured contributions to the desert city, and he gives the reader a chance to get a glimpse into Moe's world." - David G. Schwartz, author of At the Sands: The Casino That Shaped Classic Las Vegas, Brought the Rat Pack Together, and Went Out with a Bang "A fascinating story. . . . With careful, judicious, and indefatigable scholarship, Larry Gragg has brought to life a figure whose importance has been too long overlooked." - Michael S. Green, coauthor of Las Vegas: A Centennial History