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The murder of Sonny Liston : Las Vegas, heroin, and heavyweights / Shaun Assael. by Assael, Shaun. Blue Rider Press, [2016] Call #: 796.83092 L773a Subjects Liston, Sonny, 1932-1970 -- Death and burial.   Liston, Sonny, 1932-1970.   Boxers (Sports), Black -- United States -- Biography.   Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.   Suspicious death -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Biography.   Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Case studies.   Drugs -- Overdose -- Biography.   Heroin abuse -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- 20th century.   Drug traffic -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History -- 20th century.   Las Vegas (Nev.) -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780399169755 (hc.) Description:  303 pages : illustrations; 24 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Part I : The front seat of Sonny's pink Cadillac -- Hello, '70s -- Paradise -- Lost Vegas -- Shadow boxing -- Heroin Heights -- The bleeder -- Part II : Love, American style -- Fabulous Las Vegas -- Jonesing -- "Better wake Vic Damone" -- Atlanta -- Love, American style -- Stung -- The gutter -- Part III : Confession -- June 14, 1982 -- Suspect no. 1 -- The wrong grave. Summary:  "An investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days. Las Vegas, 1970: Elvis Presley is playing two shows a night at the International. Howard Hughes is running his empire from the penthouse suite of the Desert Inn. And middle-America is flocking to The Strip, transforming it from an exclusive playground for the mob to a mecca for corporate dollars. But the city is also rotting from within. Heroin is pouring over the border from Mexico and the segregated Westside is on the cusp of a race war. The cops, brutally violent, are barely holding it together. Driving through town with the top of his pink Cadillac down, Sonny Liston is the one celebrity who's unafraid to bridge both worlds. Cashing in on his fading notoriety in the casinos, he is also dealing drugs, working as an enforcer for a crime syndicate, and trying to break into Hollywood as an action star. Along the way, he has a boxer's faith that he can duck any threat, slip any punch. Heroin addiction is the only knockout punch he doesn't see coming. On January 5, 1971, Liston was found dead in his home, with heroin in his blood, from what Las Vegas police speculated was a drug overdose. But Liston's closest friends believed he was murdered. In the decades since, a cottage industry of theories has hung over his death. But none have been substantiated. Digging deep into the life Liston tried hard to hide, investigative journalist Shaun Assael treats Liston's death as a cold case. A page-turning whodunit that evokes a glorious and grimy era of Las Vegas. The Murder of Sonny Liston takes a fresh look at the legendary boxer, and the town he called home, getting to the bottom of one of America's most enduring mysteries"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 796.83092 L773a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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