Links and Bibliography | 1980 Harvey's Casino Bombing

Below you can find links to books, videos, magazine and news articles, and Web sites about Harvey A. Gross and the bombing of Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino.

Order "Bombing Harvey," the new book by John W. Birges, son of the Harvey's bomber.

Download "Render Safe: The Untold Story of the Harvey's Bombing," a Kindle e-book by journalist Jim Sloan.

Books:

W. K. Bixler, "A Dozen Sierra Success Stories: Twelve Individualists of Our Time" (1964)

Frank B. Foster, "The $18 Million Dollar Bombing of Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino, Stateline, Nevada" (1981)

Dayle Schear, "Dare to Be Different! The Awakening of a Psychic" (1992)

David Fisher, "Hard Evidence: How Detectives Inside the FBI's Sci-Crime Lab Have Helped Solve America's Toughest Cases" (1995)

Albert Woods Moe, "Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling" (1996, 2001, 2010)

Wilbur H. Morrison, Matt Purdue, "Adventure Guide to the Sierra Nevada" (1999)

Senator Paul Laxalt, "Nevada's Paul Laxalt: A Memoir" (2000)

Carlton Smith, "Cold Blooded" (2004)

Richard Esposito and Ted Gerstein, "Bomb Squad: A Year Inside the Nation's Most Exclusive Police Unit" (2007)

Jeffrey T. Richelson, "Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad" (2009)

John W. Birges, Nina J. Arnold, "Bombing Harvey" (2010)

Jim Sloan, "Render Safe: The Untold Story of the Harvey's Bombing" (2011) [Kindle e-book]

St. Petersburg (Florida) Times: "Extortionist's bomb rips hotel" (August 28, 1980)

St. Petersburg (Florida) Times: "The man behind Harvey's: Nevada Gambling pioneer" (August 28, 1980)

St. Petersburg (Florida) Times: "FBI found prints on bomb in Lake Tahoe casino" (August 29, 1980)

St. Petersburg (Florida) Times: "Five suspects arrested in Harvey's extortion bombing" (August 17, 1981)

The St. Petersburg (Florida) Evening Independent: "Losing gambler charged in casino bombing" (August 17, 1981)

The Milwaukee Journal: "6 accused in casino bombing" (August 17, 1981)

The Milwaukee Sentinel: "5 arrested in Harvey's Resort bombing" (August 17, 1981)

The Sonora (California) Union Democrat: "Five held in Harvey's blast" (August 17, 1981)

Toledo Blade: "5 Arrested In Casino Extortion Bombing: Blast In Nevada Followed Failed Bid To Pay $3 Million" (August 17, 1981)

Kingman Daily Miner: "5 charged in Harveys bombing: Gambler who lost thousands at casino among suspects in August 1980 blast" (August 17, 1981)

Eugene Register-Guard: "Five held in bombing of casino: One suspect described as big gambling loser" (August 17, 1981)

Merced Sun-Star: "Clovis man, others held in bombing case: Suspect reportedly avid gambler" (August 17, 1981)

The Oxnard Press-Courier: "5 arrested in extortion bombing: Gambler held in Harvey's blast" (August 17, 1981)

Spokane Daily Chronicle: "Losing gambler held in bombing of casino" (August 17, 1981)

The Spokane Spokesman-Review: "Yet another attempt at extortion planned" (August 18, 1981)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Casino bomber big-stakes loser" (August 18, 1981)

The New York Times: "F.B.I. Says Casino Bombing Figure Considered Coast Bank Extortion" (August 18, 1981)

The New York Times: "Federal Grand Jury Indicts 6 in Bombing of Casino at Tahoe" (August 19, 1981)

The New York Times: "Two in Casino Bombing Plead Guilty in Bargain" (September 9, 1981)

The New York Times: "Trial Begins in Nevada Hotel Bombing" (October 14, 1982)

Spartanburg Herald-Journal: "Son pitted against father in Harvey's bombing trial" (October 17, 1982)

The New York Times: "Conviction in Casino Bombing" (October 23, 1982)

The New York Times: "Defendant Guilty in Bombing" (March 5, 1983)

The New York Times: "Obituary: Harvey Gross, 78, a Pioneer In Lake Tahoe Gaming Clubs" (November 3, 1983)

The New York Times: "Conviction Overturned" (January 29, 1984)

Los Angeles Times: "Man Convicted of Plot to Use Bomb in Tahoe Casino Extortion" (March 09, 1985)

Los Angeles Times: "Casino Bombing Figure Held on Probation Charge" (August 22, 1990)

Las Vegas Sun: "Resort bomber dies in prison" (Friday, September 6, 1996)

Nevada Appeal: "TV beckons ex-sheriff for bombing segment" (January 28, 2005)

Reno Gazette-Journal: "Anniversary of Harvey's Lake Tahoe bombing" (August 21, 2005)

Reno Gazette-Journal: "Render Safe: The untold story of the extortion bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel, Lake Tahoe, Aug. 26-27, 1980" [PDF] [Kindle e-book] (August 21, 2005)

Las Vegas Review-Journal: "Casino explosion nearly forgotten: Gambling loser targeted Harvey's Wagon Wheel" (August 27, 2005)

Las Vegas Review-Journal: "TV special on 1980 bombing puts focus on old memories, new attitudes" (August 27, 2005)

The Fresno Bee: "Time bomb: Plans are in motion to film the tale of a Clovis trio's plot to extort a Tahoe casino using a bomb" (September 29, 2007)

Sacramento Bee: Question and Answer Forum (October 27, 2008)

Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Part 1 of 3: Harveys explosive 30th anniversary detailed" (September 2, 2010)

Placerville Mountain Democrat: "30 year retrospective: Missed signals lead to Harveys explosive ending" (September 5, 2010)

Placerville Mountain Democrat: "Harveys explosion 30th anniversary: FBI follows lead to Clovis, leans on John Birges Jr." (September 7, 2010)

LakeTahoeNews.net: "Park family -- 115 years of history at Lake Tahoe" (June 27, 2011)

LakeTahoeNews.net: "Parks turn Tahoe cattle land into casino, golf course" (June 28, 2011)

LakeTahoeNews.net: "Lakefront golf course lodging in works for Edgewood Tahoe" (June 29, 2011)

Ventura County Star: "Ventura man writes about his role in bombing Harvey's Casino" (September 21, 2011)

Tahoe Daily Tribune:

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys' long legacy started with Mr. Gross" (October 29, 1998)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys merger in final stage" (November 2, 1998)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "New day dawns for Harveys" (February 3, 1999)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Fay Ledbetter: Tahoe pioneer dies" (April 13, 1999)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Casinos have storied history" (December 30, 1999)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys has big plans" (January 4, 2000)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "End of an era at Stateline" (April 27, 2001)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Board OKs Harveys sale" (July 27, 2001)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "End of an era in Stateline" (July 30, 2001)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Indelible print left by Tahoe matriarch; birthday wishes for Springmeyer" (July 23, 2003)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Obituary: Alva Barton" (June 9, 2004)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Basin pioneer Alva Barton remembered" (June 9, 2004)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "TV beckons former sheriff for Harveys bombing segment" (January 28, 2005)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Casino bombed 25 years ago: Domestic terrorism trumped in 1980" (August 19, 2005)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Blast: The world was watching Stateline" (August 19, 2005)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harvey's bombing changed casinos forever" (August 22, 2005)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Embezzler gets 1-year sentence" (November 2, 2005)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Obituary: William 'Bill' Barton Ledbetter" (December 26, 2007)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Service today for member of pioneer Tahoe gaming family" (December 28, 2007)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys bombing featured on History Channel" (May 23, 2008)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Harveys bombing memorable 28 years later" (August 28, 2008)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "30 years later: A look back at the extortion bombing plot at Harvey's Resort Hotel" (August 25, 2010)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "30 years later: Missed signals lead to explosive ending" (August 27, 2010)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "30 years later: Trail of clues led authorities to Harvey's casino bombers" (August 28, 2010)

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "30 years later: The saga of the Harvey's bombing" (August 30, 2010)

Web sites:

Facebook.com: Bombing Harvey

MySpace.com: Bombing Harvey

Wikipedia: Harveys Lake Tahoe

Wikipedia: Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing

Wikipedia: John Birges

Albert Woods Moe: Relive the 1980 Harvey's Casino Bombing

Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: John Birges, Sr.

Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: John Waldo Birges

Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: Ella Joan Williams

Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: Terry Lee Hall

Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator: Willis Brown

NOTIS: Nevada Offender Tracking Information System -- Offender Detail Record: John Birges

Find A Grave: Harvey A. Gross

Find A Grave: Llewellyn R. Gross

Find A Grave: Beverlee Ann Gross Ledbetter

Find A Grave: William Barton Ledbetter

Find A Grave: Erica Faye Ledbetter

26th August: It was on this day "1980 The Case Of The 1000 Pound Bomb Found In A Nevada Casino"

KillerMovies: "Bombing Harvey"

KillerMovies: "Nick Cassavetes To Direct 'Bombing Harvey'" (February 21, 2006)

Larry McNabney links:

Laurence William McNabney, lawyer for Harvey's bombing defendant Terry Lee Hall, was later murdered in 2001 by his wife, Elisa McNabney, and accomplice Sarah Dutra.

Equine Chronicle: Spotlight on the Amateur: Larry McNabney (2001)

My Life of Crime: Larry McNabney murder 9/10/2001

Carlton Smith, "Cold Blooded" (2004)

Brian J. Karem, "Marked for Death" (2005)

The Associated Press: Lawyer allegedly killed by wife who hid criminal past

The Stockton Record: Lawyer's body likely refrigerated for months

St. Petersburg Times: The Chameleon comes home

TheSmudge.com: Sarah Dutra trial

KCRA: Sarah Dutra Sentenced In McNabney Murder

The Investigators: "Trail of Deceit" (2004)

Snapped: "Elisa McNabney" (2005) [DVD]

Wikipedia: Lies My Mother Told Me (2005) [DVD]

Find A Grave: Laurence William "Larry" McNabney

William F. Harrah links:

William Fisk "Bill" Harrah was owner of Harrah's, across the street from Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino. Harvey Gross was an honorary pallbearer after Harrah's death on June 30, 1978.

Leon Mendel, "William Fisk Harrah: The Life and Times of a Gambling Magnate" (1982)

Dwayne Kling, "Every Light Was On: Bill Harrah and His Clubs Remembered" (1999)

Dwayne Kling, "The Rise of the Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History of Reno Gaming, 1931-1981" (1999)

Albert Woods Moe, "The Roots of Reno" (2008)

Albert Woods Moe: "Bill Harrah brings his casino style to Lake Tahoe in the 1950s" [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

Jerry E. Smith: A History of "Rancharrah" [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

Wikipedia: William F. Harrah

William Fisk Harrah Biography

Gaming Hall of Fame: William F. Harrah

NNDB: William F. Harrah

Find A Grave: William Fisk Harrah

Richard L. Chartrand links:

Exactly 12 years before the Harvey's Casino bombing, Richard L. "Dick" Chartrand, co-owner of Barney's Club across the street from Harvey's, was killed by a car bomb at his Lake Tahoe home on August 27, 1968.

Tahoe Daily Tribune: "Hidden safe discovered during Bill's renovation" (August 19, 2011)

Gaming Today: "Wendover casinos get new life" (December 24, 2002)

380 F.2d 97: Richard L. CHARTRAND, Appellant, v. BARNEY'S CLUB, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee. No. 20966. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. June 23, 1967.

380 F.2d 97: Richard L. CHARTRAND, Appellant, v. BARNEY'S CLUB, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee. No. 20966; United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit; June 23, 1967

Richard L. Chartrand, Appellant, v. Barney's Club, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee. 380 F.2d 97 (9th Cir. 1967), Docket Number: 20966

380 F. 2d 97 - Chartrand v. Barney's Club Inc.

Richard L. Chartrand, Appellant, v. Barney's Club, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, Appellee - 380 F.2d 97

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