The gambler and the bug boy : 1939 Los Angeles and the untold story of a horse racing fix /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Christgau, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Mooney, Big.
Siler, Albert, > 1920-
Mooney, Big
Horse racing > Corrupt practices > California > Los Angeles > History.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Horse racing > Corrupt practices
California > Los Angeles
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. The Gambler; 2. The Bug Boy; 3. The Goose Girl; 4. Synod; 5. Whichcee; 6. Sporting Women; 7. The Biltmore Hotel; 8. Buron; 9. Kandahar; 10. Pinkus and Omelet; 11. English Harry; 12. Testa; 13. Gate Breakin' Adair; 14. Ned and Scotty; 15. "Get Giesler"; 16. The Big Shots; 17. The Dictograph Machine; 18. "The Fateful Day"; 19. The Percentages; 20. July 4, 1946; Sources.

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