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2007

Format:	Book
Author:	Christgau, John.
Title:	The gambler and the bug boy : 1939 Los Angeles and the untold story of a horse racing fix / John Christgau.
Publisher, Date:	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Description:	x, 254 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:	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.
Subjects:	Mooney, Big. Siler, Albert, 1920- Horse racing -- Corrupt practices -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:	The gambler -- The bug boy -- The goose girl -- Synod -- Whichcee -- Sporting women -- The Biltmore Hotel -- Buron -- Kandahar -- Pinkus and Omelet -- English Harry -- Testa -- Gate breakin' Adair -- Ned and Scotty -- "Get Giesler" -- The big shots -- The dictograph machine -- "The fateful day" -- The percentages -- July 4, 1946.
Web Site:	Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2007008262
ISBN:	9780803211223 0803211228
Other Number:	85822501
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Control Number:	209456
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Call Number:	364.172 Christga

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