The Racetrack Gangs : Four Decades of Doping, Intimidation and Violent Crime

Author(s): Kirby, Dick

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	New
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Pen and Sword True Crime
Publication Year:	2020
ISBN:	9781526778727
Book ID:	004370
Catalogue(s):	Horses, Riding and Equestrianism ◇ Crime, True Crime and Conspiracies

xvi, 222pp. Laminated card covers. As new condition throughout. Between the wars there was a dramatic upsurge of violence as rival criminal gangs vied for rich pickings from bookmakers and racetracks in England. This well researched and gripping account of the activities of gangs such as a Sabinis, the Cortesi family, the Titanics and the Nile Mob, describes the vicious dramas that played out around horse racing and gambling in the 1920s and 1930s.

Keywords:

gambling horse racings gangs racetrack organised crime true cirme