The gambler and the bug boy [[electronic resource] ] : 1939 Los Angeles and the untold story of a horse racing fix / / John Christgau
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Christgau John
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| Titolo: |
The gambler and the bug boy [[electronic resource] ] : 1939 Los Angeles and the untold story of a horse racing fix / / John Christgau
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.1/72 22 |
| 364.1630979494 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Horse racing - Corrupt practices - California - Los Angeles - History |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The gambler and the bug boy |
| ISBN: | 1-281-09212-6 |
| 9786611092122 | |
| 0-8032-1554-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809548303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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