Rothstein : the life, times, and murder of the criminal genius who fixed the 1919 World Series / David Pietrusza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pietrusza, David, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rothstein, Arnold, 1882-1928.

Rothstein, Arnold.

National Book Committee.

Criminals--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Criminals.

Social conditions.

Crime.

History.

New York (State)--New York.

Crime--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

Nineteen twenties.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 485 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Carroll and Graf edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003.

Summary:

"Meyer Wolfsheim? No, he's a gambler." Gatsby hesitated, then added coolly: "He's the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919.""Fixed the World Series?" I repeated. The idea staggered me. I remembered of course that the World Series had been fixed in 1919 but if I had thought of it all I would have thought of it as a thing that merely happened, the end of some inevitable chain. It never occurred to me that one man could start to play with the faith of fifty million people 'with the single-mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe.'

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-463) and index.

ISBN:

0786712503

OCLC:

52424140