Horseplayers: Life at the Track
This fun and witty expose of horse racing in America goes behind the scenes at the track, providing a serious gambler's-eye view of the action. Ted McClelland spent a year at tracks and off-track betting facilities in Chicago and across the country, profiling the people who make a career of gambling on horses. This account follows his personal journey of what it means to be a player as he gambles with his book advance using various betting and handicapping strategies along the way. A colorful cast of characters is introduced, including the intensely disciplined Scott McMannis, The Professor, a onetime college instructor who now teaches a cour…
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- ISBN: 978-1-55652-567-4
- EAN: 9781556525674
- Produktnummer: 1527618
- Verlag: Chicago Review Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 263 S.
- Masse: H24.2 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.0 cm 499 g
- Gewicht: 499
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