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Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi

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Magic download (ebook) by George H. Devol ()

The sensational memories of a man who spent forty years of gambling, drinking, loving, scrapping and hustling.

A cabin boy in 1839; could steal cards and cheat the boys at eleven; stock a deck at fourteen; bested soldiers on the Rio Grande during the Mexican war; won hundreds of thousands from paymasters, cotton buyers, & thieves; fought more rough-and-tumble fights than any man in America, and was the most daring gambler in the world.

The sensational memories of a man who spent forty years of gambling, drinking, loving, scrapping and hustling. This wonderful and colorful memoir follows a child growing up around gamblers who grows to be a man who spent his life on the road chasing money, love, and adventure. 

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  • James asks: Hi, was just wondering if this is the actual autobiography or a fictionalized version of it.

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