Bill Miller's Riviera [eBook - hoopla] : America's showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey

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Bill Miller's Riviera America's showplace in Fort Lee, New Jersey

(2011)

By: Austin, Tom, 1939-

Nonfiction

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Provider: hoopla

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[United States] : The History Press : Made available through hoopla, 2011

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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN

9781614234029 (electronic bk.) MWT11509225, 1614234027 (electronic bk.) 11509225

LANGUAGE

English

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Where did Frank Sinatra, Mickey Mantle, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joan Crawford and hundreds of other A-listers, along with mobsters like Meyer Lansky, eat, drink and dance? It wasn't in Hollywood or at the Copacabana but at Bill Miller's Riviera in Fort Lee. The Riviera's breathtaking views of New York, its stunning showgirls and its gambling hall drew the famous and infamous to its tables. After it was originally run as a speakeasy by Ben Marden during the 1920s, Bill Miller, a Russian Jewish immigrant, attracted the most sought-after performers and turned it into one of the most popular nightclubs during the 1940s and 1950s. Relive Bill Miller's Riviera and experience the excitement of his lucky patrons

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