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Rothstein

The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series

Rothstein( )
Author: Pietrusza, David
ISBN:978-0-7867-1453-7
Publication Date:Jul 2004
Publisher:Basic Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $24.95
Book Description:

History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius. The real-life model for The Great Gatsby’s Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Rothstein was much more--and less--than a fixer of baseball games. He was everything that made 1920s Manhattan roar. Featuring Jazz Age Broadway with its thugs, speakeasies, showgirls, political movers and shakers, and stars of the Golden Age of Sports, this is a biography of...
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Book Details
Pages:512
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Criminals & Outlaws
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
True Crime / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 3.429 cm
Book Weight:0.6 Kilograms



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