interesting rothstein book on the bay

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Posted By: jamie

whilst looking for 1919 black sox items on the bay, i stumbled across this closed auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6933286415&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT

anyone here read or heard of this book? does it discuss the 1919 series at all?

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Posted By: Julie

The fact that I've never heard of it, or even knew Rothstein was married, doesn't mean anything. Wonder why seller didn't at least LOOK inside?

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Posted By: Max Weder

Here's another Rothstein biography. Interestingly, only eleven pages is devoted to the fix. As for the spouse's biography, it's a book I haven't seen before.

Max

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Posted By: Bob

I couldn't find a single copy for sale on any search engine I used...

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Posted By: Jamie

That's what I was afraid of... I threw a $20 bid in and then promptly forgot about it. I'm thinking I should have gone higher. Just adding Black Sox into the title probably would have made for a nice profit (after reading it of course).

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Posted By: Julie

if a book is out of stock, out of print, or "do you want a book search"?

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Posted By: Jamie

of course finding a copy to own is a whole other story...

LC Control Number: 34013540
Type of Material: Text (Book, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Brief Description: Rothstein, Mrs. Carolyn Green.
Now I'll tell / by Carolyn Rothstein (Mrs. Arnold Rothstein) with an introduction by Donald Henderson Clarke.
New York : Vanguard press, 1934.
xi p., 15-255 p. 20 cm.

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Posted By: Julie

"The Life, Times and criminal Genius of the Man Who Fixed the World Series," available on Amazon.com (not C. Rothstein's book, the "Life, Times. Etc." book)

Have a feeling the available book might be better than "Now I'll Tell." Maybe it's just the title...

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Posted By: J Levine

A quick google search turned up that Donald Henderson Clarke was a relatively famous newspaper man of the day and a personal friend of Rothstein...this book it seems was a memoir of some of rothstein's life and almost certainly contains some info. on the black sox scandal. if anybody could find a copy it might be a very interesting read...rothstein is almost a mythic figure behind some of the great literature people in america...used in great gatsby (meyer wolfsheim)and guys and dolls (nathan detroit) to name a few...i am not proud to say that my grandfather knew mr. rothstein pretty well as a youth in new york and chicago...not sure any of this helps locate the book but interesting to know that there is a book out there.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Donald Henderson Clarke also wrote another book on Rothstein, In the Reign of Rothstein, published in 1930, with copies readily available.

I haven't read it, but it may be more informative than Carolyn's book. Generally biographies written by or ghost written for spouses are less than definitive biographies of the subject.

Max

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series
by David Pietrusza



Price: $17.82
48 used & new from $11.95



I don't think you'll have much luck with Rothstein's memoirs--the gamblers weren't too keen on talking aBOUT THE FIX...