Nevada (novel)

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Nevada is a historical novel by Clint McCullough, and was published in 1986. It is his first novel.

Deals with the life of a man named Meade Slaughter, who, starting out as a penniless orphan, works his way up to owner of one of the largest casinos in the state. The book covers the rise of Nevada as a playground for adults, and intertwines a story of sex, greed, avarice, drug addiction, murder, and gambling.

The story covers a great deal of history including the building of various casinos by some of the members of various criminal organizations; the south (Las Vegas) vs. north (Reno and Lake Tahoe) rivalry; the hotel fires in Las Vegas; how some casinos failed and were left partially finished, and stories of some of the more famous residents including Howard Hughes and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.

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