"Deconstructing the Rat Pack: Joey, The Mob and the Summit" is a new look at the true creation of the group of entertainers that rocked the world. For twenty-eight consecutive nights in February 1960, a dusty town called Las Vegas became the epicenter of the world. All eyes were on the party happening at the Sands Hotel and Casino, the new headquarters for The Chairman of the Board— Frank Sinatra. In celebration of the Rat Pack's Sixtieth anniversary this book details the meteoric rise of this infamous group. For the first time, this outrageous, explosive tell-all book brings the inside scoop of how The Mob, The Future President and five of the greatest entertainers took the world by storm.
The book contains over 50 interviews with both noted celebrities who Intimately knew the group along with rare interviews with known mobsters and those who were part of the creation and building of Las Vegas.
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the legendary Summit that coincided with the making of the original Ocean’s Eleven. Those 28 days in February of 1960 shook the world and changed the history of Las Vegas.