Marvin Scott

The Racing Game (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This study of a unique social world probes beneath the thrill and spectacle of horse racing into the lives of the "honest boys," the "gyps," the "manipulators," the "stoops," and the "Chalk eaters"--the constituents of race track society and the players of the racing game

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 199
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351302944
• Artikelnr.: 48960340

Autorenporträt

James David Barber

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
I: The Performers
2: What Is a Horse?
3: The Man on the Horse
4: The Man behind the Horse
II: The Audience
5: The Regulars
6: The Occasionals
7: Playing the Book
III: The Stage Managers
8: The Official Family
9: Conclusion