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Index
Dedication
Contents
A Note to Readers
Prologue: Introducing Kirk Kerkorian
I: The Making of a Man
1: Gambling on the Wind
2: The Kid from Weedpatch
3: Bet of a Lifetime
4: Scraps, Craps, and John Wayne
5: On a Wing and a Spare Tank
6: Bugsy Siegel’s Last Flight
7: Art of the Junk Deal
8: Gambling on Gambling
9: Jack Magic and the Blade
10: A Crapshooter’s Dream
11: His First Million
12: The Armenian Connection
II: The Making of a Billionaire
13: Trouble with Mobsters
14: A Clash of Tycoons
15: A $73 Million Side Bet
16: Hello, World!
17: Cary and Kirk and Barbra and Elvis
18: The Smiling Cobra
19: A Kick in the Ass
20: Making Debbie Reynolds Cry
21: The Rival Vanishes
22: Putting on the Moves
23: A View to the Abyss
24: Extra Risk Factor
25: Punch, Counterpunch
26: MGM Spells Disaster
27: Villain of the Actuaries
28: One Roll of the Dice
29: Ted Turner’s Ticking Time Bomb
30: A Burial at Sea
31: Among the Billionaires
III: The Making of a Legend
32: Babe Ruth at Bat
33: The Iacocca Nuisance
34: She Persisted
35: Rifle Right Takes Iron Mike
36: Genocide and Generosity
37: Wynn and Lose
38: Fateful Attraction
39: A God Among Dealmakers
40: Breaking Bad
41: After “the Fall”
Epilogue: Kirk’s Last Deal
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author
Also by William C. Rempel
Copyright
About the Publisher
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