Lyle Stuart
| Lyle Stuart | |
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| Born |
Lionel Simon August 11, 1922 New York |
| Died | June 24, 2006 (aged 83) New Jersey |
| Residence | Fort Lee, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Publisher, author |
| Organization | Lyle Stuart Inc., Barricade Books |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Louise Stuart (????–1969) Carole Livingston Stuart (1982–2006; his death) |
Lyle Stuart (August 11, 1922 – June 24, 2006) was an American author and independent publisher of controversial books. Born Lionel Simon, Stuart worked as a newsman for years before launching his publishing firm, Lyle Stuart, Inc.
A former part-owner of the original Aladdin Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, he was a noted gambling authority, who advised casinos on how to protect themselves from cheats and cons. A garrulous raconteur, he had a wide circle of friends, freely admitting to a lively sex life and was fond of gambling, baccarat and craps, his games of choice. His gambling bestsellers are Casino Gambler for the Winner, Winning at Casino Gambling and Lyle Stuart on Baccarat. He boasted in Casino Gambler for the Winner that he'd won $166,505 in ten consecutive visits to Las Vegas.
Lyle Stuart, Inc. was founded in 1955 with the proceeds of a lawsuit settlement. It was known for publishing books such as The Sensuous Woman. The company was sold in 1988 to developer Steven Schragis, who started Carol Publishing. Carol Publishing filed for bankruptcy and was sold to Kensington Publishing in 2000.
He made headlines in 1997 with his then-current Barricade Books, by reissuing The Turner Diaries, a novel thought to have been the inspiration behind Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the Murrah building. He was a strong advocate of freedom of the press, and believed it was important for people to be able to read and make up their own minds (in the introduction he wrote to his reissue of The Turner Diaries, he made clear how strongly he opposed the viewpoint expressed in the book). Also in the 1990s, casino mogul Steve Wynn sued Stuart over catalog copy. The copy on Running Scared, a biography of Wynn, made reference to a New Scotland Yard report that tied the Las Vegas tycoon to the Genovese Crime Family. (The book refuted some of the report's findings.) Stuart lost the libel case and was ordered to pay three million dollars in defamation, forcing him into bankruptcy. This judgment was overturned on appeal by the Nevada Supreme Court in 2001 and sent back for a new trial, which Wynn chose not to pursue.
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