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SF335.U6 C35 2007eb
SF335
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U6
C35
2007eb
کتابخانه
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0803215541
1281092126
6611092129
9780803215542
9781281092120
9786611092122
0803211228
9780803211223
b764144
The gambler and the bug boy :
[Book]
1939 Los Angeles and the untold story of a horse racing fix /
John Christgau.
Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2007.
1 online resource (x, 254 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
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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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.
Gambler and the bug boy.
0803211228
Mooney, Big.
Siler, Albert,1920-
Mooney, Big.
Siler, Albert,1920-
Horse racing-- Corrupt practices-- California-- Los Angeles-- History.
Horse racing-- Corrupt practices.
TRUE CRIME-- General.
California, Los Angeles.
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SF335
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