James McManus
Author of Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
About the Author
James "Jim" McManus was born March 22 1951, in Manhattan. He is an American poker player, teacher and writer living in Kenilworth, Illinois. McManus is best known as the author of the book Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker. The book is based on his show more trip to Las Vegas to cover the progress of women in the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the death of Ted Binion. McManus continues to play live poker when not teaching and raising two young daughters with his second wife, Jennifer Arra. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by James McManus
Healing Power of the Sacraments 3 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1951-03-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
Ireland - Education
- University of Illinois, Chicago
- Occupations
- professor
Redemptorist Priest - Organizations
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Awards and honors
- Whiting Writers' Award (2000)
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 1,108
- Popularity
- #23,192
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 22
- ISBNs
- 48
- Languages
- 1