Bare Knuckles & Saratoga Racing The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey
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Sprache:Englisch
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
04.04.2016
Verlag
Arcadia Publishing (SC)Seitenzahl
146
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.2/1 cm
Gewicht
367 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-5402-0347-2
One of the more dynamic characters of his time, John Old Smoke Morrissey made his way from undefeated bare-knuckle boxer to found the Saratoga Race Course and win elections to Congress and the New York State Senate. A poor, uneducated Irish immigrant, Morrissey became a leader in the Dead Rabbits street gang. He won fame as a fighter and fortune as the operator of a string of successful gambling houses. He then took Saratoga Springs by storm. He improbably resurrected thoroughbred racing during the Civil War and opened his famous Club House, the most glamorous casino the country had ever seen. Author Brien Bouyea chronicles the incomparable life of a true American legend."
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