“Geoff Schumacher tells the incredible true story of the rise of Las Vegas from gambling whistle-stop to destination resort city. He’s a serious writer who isn’t dazzled by the Strip and with this book he makes an important contribution to the Las Vegas history that exists beyond the hype and bright lights.”
- John L. Smith,
Columnist , Las Vegas Review- Journal
Author, Running Scared: The Life and Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn
“Every year, millions of tourists are awed by the glittering casinos and wild nightlife of Las Vegas. But as Geoff Schumacher shows in Sun, Sin & Suburbia, it’s the metropolis itself, and how it came to be, that’s more astonishing.”
- Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Chronicling the faceless developments that have spread across the valley in the last 50 years is a project that might have instilled fear and loathing in a lesser journalist, but Schumacher succeeded and, moreover, put actual faces on anonymous areas…”
- Jarret Keene,
CityLife
“Here is Las Vegas’ story told with a sharp eye and a clear voice. Sun, Sin & Suburbia is the best look at every inch of the amazing development of Las Vegas. Easily the most farsighted journalist in Nevada, Schumacher turns his keen skills on the city’s recent growth, and the many quirks that make Las Vegas what it is.”
- Hal Rotham,
Author, Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started The 21st Century
“Schumacher takes a long-overdue look at how Las Vegas grew like a bat out of hell – how it is still sprinting toward and imaginary finish line, and how there are consequences to the pursuit of total, all-out growth for its own sake.”
- George Knapp,
Investigative Reporter
KLAS Channel 8 News
“A thoughtful, well-researched book. The history is representative of the times. Even though it is scholarly in approach, the 264-page story is action-packed and readable.”
- Joe McCauley,
Valley Electric
“Now, however, the impressively researched and highly readable Sun, Sin & Suburbia captures the intangible nature of the dynamic, ever-changing city. Schumacher combines skills from his 16 years of work as a reporter, editor and columnist in Las Vegas with a scholar’s perspective and historian’s sensibility that are so often lacing in books by journalists, justifying subtitle’s adjective ‘essential.’”
- Sally Denton,
Los Angles Times Book Review