The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York 1865--1913 by Steven Riess

The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York 1865--1913

Sports and Entertainment (Hardcover)

Steven Riess

446 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sports
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Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting r...

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