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Boxing and the mob : the notorious history of the sweet science /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sussman, Jeffrey (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Subjects:
Boxing > Corrupt practices > United States > History.
Organized crime > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The man who fixed the 1919 World's series
  • From boxer to bagman to gambler
  • Owney Madden
  • The Machiavelli of promoters
  • Frankie Carbo
  • The big fix
  • Up from the mucklands
  • Sonny Liston's blues
  • Why give up a good thing.