Skin City: Uncovering the Las Vegas Sex Industry Hardcover – May 1, 2004 by Jack Sheehan
 
Sex. No other city in America capitalizes on the power of sex like Las Vegas. Author Jack Sheehan, a writer who has lived in Las Vegas for thirty years and knows the true dark side of the city, pulls back the curtain of the adult sex industry and examines the lives of the people give Sin City its naughty reputation. Jack was able to get XXX-rated film stars, the top madam in town, beautiful call girls who command $1,000 per hour and up, swingers, and the most alluring exotic dancers on the Strip to tell him everything, both on and off the job and how anything goes in the arena of sexual self-expression.
Sheehan discusses his visit to the largest adult video convention in the world, accompanied by a porn star who has appeared in over 300 films, to attend the Adult Video News Awards. He then talks with Mayor Oscar Goodman, Sheriff Bill Young, and casino owner Steve Wynn to discuss their concerns over the sex industry's role in Las Vegas. Skin City focuses on those whose names will never be on marquees but are the ones who create the legendary mystique of Las Vegas. It's a story that's never been told but lurks in the fantasies of us all.
 
About the Author
Jack Sheehan, a 30-year Las Vegas resident and avid writer, has nine books to his credit, including The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas; Above Las Vegas; Buried Lies: True Tales and Tall Stories from the PGA Tour (with Peter Jacobsen), as well as contributed chapters to Chicken Soup for the Golfer’s Soul.
He has also sold three screenplays to Hollywood. Sheehan received the Nevada Film Commission Award for Outstanding Screenplay for Buddies; The Western States Outstanding Journalist Award for Feature Writing; and the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Article in the U.S. for his essay, "The Loneliest Road in America." Filming for a documentary based on Sheehan’s upcoming book, Skin City: Uncovering the Las Vegas Sex Industry, has already begun by Think Digital, an independent film and production company in Santa Monica, California. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife Carol and two young children.
 
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