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| Links |
American Gaming Association Dirks's Annotated Crime Film List Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming |
| Biographies |
| Abbott, Shirley, THE BOOKMAKER'S DAUGHTER: A MEMORY UNBOUND, 1991 |
| Alson, Peter, CONFESSIONS OF AN IVY LEAGUE BOOKIE, 1996 |
| Berman, Susan, EASY STREET, THE TRUE STORY OF A MOB FAMILY, 1981 |
| Blyth, Henry, HELL & HAZARD OR WILLIAM CROCKFORD...1969 |
| Bonanno, Joseph, A MAN OF HONOR, 1983 |
| Bonanno, Rosalie, MAFIA MARRIAGE, 1990 |
| Clarke, Donald H., IN THE REIGN OF ROTHSTEIN, 1930 |
| Dawson, Elizabeth, MOTHER MADE A BOOK, 1919 [1962 reprint] |
| Demaris, Ovid, THE LAST MAFIOSO: [JIMMY THE WEASEL
FRATIANNO], 1981 |
| Dey, Thomas Henry, LEAVES FROM A BOOKMAKER'S BOOK, 1910, 1931 |
| Dostoyevsky, F., THE GAMBLER, trans: J Coulson, 1966 |
| Gardiner, Alexander, CANFIELD, TRUE STORY OF THE GREATEST GAMBLER, 1930 |
| Giancana, Antoinette, MAFIA PRINCESS, 1984 |
| Giancana, Sam, DOUBLE CROSS, 1992 |
| Jimmy, The Greek, JIMMY THE GREEK BY HIMSELF, 1975 |
| Katcher, L., THE BIG BANKROLL: LIFE & TIMES OF A. ROTHSTEIN, 1959 |
| Katz, L., UNCLE FRANK: THE BIOGRAPHY OF FRANK COSTELLO, 1974 |
| Kobler, J., CAPONE, 1971 |
| Lacey, R., LITTLE MAN: MEYER LANSKY & THE GANGSTER LIFE, 1991 |
| Mayer, Gary, BOOKIE: MY LIFE IN DISORGANIZED CRIME, 1974 |
| McPhaul, J., JOHNNY TORRIO, 1970 |
| Moore, Robin, MAFIA WIFE, 1977 |
| Ness, Eliot, THE UNTOUCHABLES: THE REAL STORY, 1957 |
| O'Brien J., BOSS OF BOSSES: FBI & PAUL CASTELLANO, 1991 |
| O'Neill, G., THE UNDER BOSS [BOSTON'S JERRRY ANGIULO], 1989 |
| Offit, Sidney, MEMOIR OF THE BOOKIE'S SON, 1996 |
| Pasley, F., AL CAPONE, 1938 |
| Phipps, Herb, BILL KYNE OF BAY MEADOWS, 1978 |
| Puzio, Mario, THE LAST DON, 1996 |
| Richardson, J., MEMOIR OF A GAMBLER, 1979 |
| Roemer, W.F., THE ENFORCER, 1994 |
| Roemer, W.F., ACCARDO, THE GENUINE GODFATHER, 1995 |
| Ross, Gary, NO LIMIT--THE INCREDIBLE OBSESSION OF BRIAN MOLONY, 1987 |
| Scarne, John, THE ODDS AGAINST ME [autobiography], 1966 |
| Smith, Harold, I WANT TO QUIT WINNERS, 1961 |
| Smith, J., NO LIMIT--[BOB STUPAK & THE LAS VEGAS STRATOSPHERE], 1997 |
| Soares, J., LOADED DICE: TRUE STORY OF A CASINO CHEAT, 1985 |
| Talese, Gay, HONOR THY FATHER, 1971 |
| Wolf, George, FRANK COSTELLO, PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNDERWORLD, 1974 |
| Bookmaking |
| GO TO: Bookies & Bookmaking -- bibliography & overview |
| Fiction |
| Bush, Christopher, THE CASE OF THE BENEVOLENT BOOKIE, 1956 |
| Colbeck, Alfred, THE FALL OF THE STAINCLIFFES, 1890 |
| Erdman, Paul, THE PALACE [novel], 1987 |
| Hagan, A., THE DAY THE BOOKIES TOOK A BATH, 1971 |
| Johnston, D., TEMPLES OF CHANCE, 1992 |
| Kalich, R., THE HANDICAPPER, A NOVEL ABOUT
OBSESSIVE GAMBLING, 1981 |
| Mastroly & Heimer, PITTSBURGH PHIL [a biographical novel], 1960 |
| Murray, W., THE KING OF THE NIGHTCAP [novel], 1989 |
| Puzio, Mario, THE GODFATHER, 1969 |
| Sandoz, Mari, SON OF THE GAMBLIN' MAN [a biographical novel], 1960 |
| History |
| Asbury, Herbert, SUCKER'S PROGRESS, 1938 |
| Asbury, Herbert, THE CHICAGO UNDERWORLD [orig title: GEM OF THE PRAIRIE], 1940 |
| Ashton, John, THE HISTORY OF GAMBLING IN ENGLAND, 1899 |
| Bernstein, P. L., AGAINST THE GODS, THE REMARKABLE STORY OF RISK, 1996 |
| Blyth, Henry, HELL & HAZARD OR WILLIAM CROCKFORD...1969 |
| Chafetz, H., PLAY THE DEVIL, 1960 |
| Cotton, Charles, COMPLEAT GAMESTER, 1674 (1972 reprnt) |
| DeArment, Robert, KNIGHTS OF THE GREEN CLOTH, 1982 |
| Demaris, Ovid, CAPTIVE CITY: CHICAGO IN CHAINS, 1969 |
| Findlay, John M., PEOPLE OF CHANCE -- GAMBLING IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, 1986 |
| Hammar, R., PLAYBOY'S ILLUS HISTORY OF ORGANIZED CRIME, 1975 |
| Messick & Goldblatt. ONLY GAME IN TOWN, ILLUS HISTORY OF GAMBLING, 1976 |
| Mastroly & Heimer, PITTSBURGH PHIL [a biographical novel], 1960 |
| Nevill, Ralph, LIGHT COME LIGHT GO: GAMBLING, GAMESTERS, WAGERS, THE TURF, 1890 |
| Pileggi, N., CASINO, 1995 |
| Porrello, R., THE RISE & FALL OF THE CLEVELAND MAFIA, 1995 |
| Reid, Ed., THE GREEN FELT JUNGLE, 1963 |
| Sasuly, R. BOOKIES & BETTERS: 200 YEARS OF GAMBLING, 1982 |
| Steinmetz, Andrew: THE GAMING TABLE, 1969 [2 vols.],1870 |
| Sullivan, G., BY CHANCE A WINNER, THE HISTORY OF LOTTERIES, 1972 |
| Time-Life, THE GAMBLERS [OLD WEST SERIES], 1980 |
| Wendt & Kogan, BET A MILLION, THE STORY OF JOHN W. GATES, 1948 |
| Special Topics |
| Bass, T., THE EUDAEMONIC PIE, 1985 |
| Betts, T., ACROSS THE BOARD, 1956 |
| Cornish, D. B., GAMBLING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, 1978 |
| Fraley, Oscar, THE LAST OF THE UNTOUCHABLES, 1976 |
| Gabree, J., GANGSTERS FROM LITTLE CAESAR TO THE
GODFATHER, 1973 |
| Gabree, J., Gage, N., MAFIA USA, 1972 |
| Goren, C., GO WITH THE ODDS, 1969 |
| Hoffman Jr., W. THE LOSER: CONFESSION OF A COMPUSIVE GAMBLER, 1968 |
| Hutchens, J., THE GAMBLER'S BEDSIDE BOOK, 1977 | Kefauver, Estes, CRIME IN AMERICA, 1951 |
| Lait, J., CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL, 1950 |
| Landesco, John, ORGANIZED CRIME IN CHICAGO, 1968 |
| Lyle, J., THE DRY AND LAWLESS YEARS, 1961 |
| Maas, Peter, THE VALACHI PAPERS, 1969 |
| Mason, B. GAMBLERS, GRIFTERS & GOOD OL' BOYS, 1986 |
| McClellan, John L., CRIME WITHOUT PUNISHMENT, 1962 |
| Moore, W., THE KEFAUVER COMMITTEE & POLITICS OF CRIME 1950-52, 1974 |
| Newman, David, ed.: ESQUIRE'S BOOK OF GAMBLING, 1962 |
| O'Brien, T. L., BAD BET, INSIDE STORY...GAMBLING INDUSTRY, 1998 |
| Orkin, Mike, CAN YOU WIN, 1991 |
| Pearl, R., LAS VEGAS IS MY BEAT, 1973 |
| Pullinger, Kate, A GAMBLING BOX, 1993 |
| Puzio, Mario, INSIDE LAS VEGAS, 1977 |
| Quinn, J.P., GAMBLING AND GAMING DEVICES, [1912], 1969 |
| Reid, Ed., GRIM REAPERS, ANTATOMY OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN AM., 1970 |
| Roemer, W.F., MAN AGAINST THE MOB, 1984 |
| Roemer, W.F., WAR OF THE GODFATHERS, 1990 | Scarne, SCARNE'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO GAMBLING, 1961 |
| Scarne, SCARNE'S NEW COMPLETE GUIDE TO GAMBLING, 1974 |
| Sharpe, Graham, THE WORLD'S BEST GAMBLING JOKES, 1992 |
| Sifakis, C. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GAMBLING, 1990 |
| Smith, A., SYNDICATE CITY--CHICAGO..., 1954 |
| Spanier, D., EASY MONEY: INSIDE THE GAMBLERS MIND, 1987 |
| Sullivan, Ed., CHICAGO CRIME [orig: RATTLING THE CUP...], 1929 |
| Thompson, Hunter S., LEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, 1971 |
| Villiod, E.,THE STEALING MACHINE, 1906 |
| Wade, H., THE GREATEST GAMBLING STORIES EVER TOLD, 1973 |
| Weaver, W., LADY LUCK: THE THEORY OF PROBABILITY, 1963 |
| Wykes, Alan, THE COMPLET ILLUST. GUIDE TO GAMBLING, 1964 |
| Zion, S., LOYALTY & BETRAYAL: STORY OF THE AMERICAN MOB, 1994 |
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