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Bare Knuckles & Saratoga Racing: The Remarkable Life of John Morrissey (Sports)

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One of the most more dynamic characters of his time, John “Old Smoke” Morrissey made his way from undefeated bare-knuckle boxer to found the Saratoga Race Course and win elections to Congress and the New York State Senate. A poor, uneducated Irish immigrant, Morrissey changed into a leader within the Dead Rabbits street gang. He won fame as a fighter and fortune because the operator of a string of successful gambling houses. He then took Saratoga Springs by storm. He improbably resurrected thoroughbred racing throughout the Civil War and opened his famous Club House, essentially the most glamorous casino the rustic had ever seen. Creator Brien Bouyea chronicles the incomparable lifetime of a real American legend.

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