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1 online resource (267 pages)
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9780803215542
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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.
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Intro -- 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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ISBN 9780803211223
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780803211223
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Print version The Gambler and the Bug Boy : 1939 Los Angeles and the Untold Story of a Horse Racing Fix
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