Nevada is a historical novel about 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, sex, drug addiction, sex, murder, sex 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.
The book was written by Clint McCullough , and was published in 1986. It is his first novel.