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The gambler and the bug boy : 1939 Los Angeles and the untold story of a horse racing fix /
Bernard "Big" Mooney, LA bookmaker threatens jockeys with death if they didn't "pull" their horses. His unwilling partner is Albert Siler, a callow, eighteen-year-old apprentice rider from eastern Oregon. This book tells how Big Mooney manipulated this rider and how Siler tr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Bernard "Big" Mooney, LA bookmaker threatens jockeys with death if they didn't "pull" their horses. His unwilling partner is Albert Siler, a callow, eighteen-year-old apprentice rider from eastern Oregon. This book tells how Big Mooney manipulated this rider and how Siler tried to escape the gambler's criminal grip without ruining his career |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780803215542 0803215541 1281092126 9781281092120 9786611092122 6611092129 |