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Rothstein : The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series by David Pietrusza (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-100786712503
ISBN-139780786712502
eBay Product ID (ePID)2711318
Product Key Features
Book TitleRothstein : the Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEspionage, Modern / 20th Century, General, Criminals & Outlaws
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreTrue Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDavid Pietrusza
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight29 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-055209
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromCollege Freshman
Dewey Decimal364.1/092 B
SynopsisHistory 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 the man who dominated an age. Arnold Rothstein was a loan shark, pool shark, bookmaker, thief, fence of stolen property, political fixer, Wall Street swindler, labor racketeer, rumrunner, and mastermind of the modern drug trade. Among his monikers were "The Big Bankroll," "The Brain," and "The Man Uptown." This vivid account of Rothstein's life is also the story of con artists, crooked cops, politicians, gang lords, newsmen, speakeasy owners, gamblers and the like. Finally unraveling the mystery of Rothstein's November 1928 murder in a Times Square hotel room, David Pietrusza has cemented The Big Bankroll's place among the most influential and fascinating legendary American criminals. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs are featured.
LC Classification NumberHV6248.R68P54 2003
