NOTES
In the notes below, the reference numbers denote page and line of the print edition. No note is made for material included in standard desk-reference books.
16.14–15 You ain’t got . . . that swing.”] From “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” a 1931 jazz standard by Duke Ellington (1899–1974) and Irving Mills (1894–1985).
16.20 Sousa] American composer John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), whose marches included “The Liberty Bell” (1893) and “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (1897).
35.8 jalopp] Jalopy, a dilapidated old car.
42.24–26 the Sands, the Sahara, the Flamingo, Desert Inn, the Dunes, Thunderbird] Las Vegas hotels: the Sands operated 1952–96; the Sahara opened in 1952 and closed in 2011, before reopening in 2014 as SLS Hotel & Casino; the Flamingo opened in 1946 and is currently operated by Caesars Entertainment; the Desert Inn opened in 1950 and closed in 2000; the Dunes opened in 1955 and closed in 1993, and after its demolition the Bellagio was built in its place; the Thunderbird opened in 1948, changed its name to the Silverbird in 1977 and El Rancho Casino in 1982, and closed in 1992.
110.8 Packard] The Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, which began operations in 1899 and went out of business in 1958, the year of Fools’ Gold’s publication.
211.27 Donner Pass] Mountain pass near Truckee, California; it is named for the party of westward emigrants who in 1846 were snowed in and suffered starvation and heavy loss of life, some allegedly resorting to cannibalism.
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