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The gambler and the bug boy : 1939 Los Angeles and the untold story of a horse racing fix / John Christgau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christgau, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horse racing--Corrupt practices--California--Los Angeles--History.
- Horse racing.
- Mooney, Big.
- Siler, Albert, 1920-.
- Siler, Albert.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-09212-6
- 9786611092122
- 0-8032-1554-1
- OCLC:
- 173660670
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