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" The gambler and the bug boy : "
John Christgau.
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BL
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1009774
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b764144
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| Main Entry
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Christgau, John.
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| Title & Author
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The gambler and the bug boy : : 1939 Los Angeles and the untold story of a horse racing fix /\ John Christgau.
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (x, 254 pages)
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0803215541
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: 1281092126
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: 6611092129
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: 9780803215542
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: 9781281092120
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: 9786611092122
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0803211228
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9780803211223
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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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Mooney, Big.
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Siler, Albert,1920-
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Mooney, Big.
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Siler, Albert,1920-
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Horse racing-- Corrupt practices-- California-- Los Angeles-- History.
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Horse racing-- Corrupt practices.
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TRUE CRIME-- General.
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California, Los Angeles.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1/72
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SF335.U6C35 2007eb
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