Gamblers: True Tales of the Old West

by Convis, Charles L.

• ISBN13: 9781892156037
• ISBN10: 1892156032
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Pioneer Pr

Table of Contents

Riverboat Poker	2	(2)
James Bowie
La Tules	4	(2)
Gertrudes Barcelos
When Luck Runs Out	6	(2)
Charles Cora
Old Smoke	8	(2)
John Morrissey
The Last Rose of Summer	10	(2)
William B. Thornton
A Shell Game Among the Indians	12	(2)
James B. Savage
Rebels, Yankees, and Idaho Gamblers	14	(3)
Ferd Patterson
He Should Have Bet the Rifle	17	(1)
Granville Stuart
Well-Known Throughout the Mining Camps	18	(2)
Madame Mustache
Abe Curry and the Steam Pumper	20	(2)
A Triangle of Triangles	22	(2)
Premonitions of Death	24	(4)
Wild Bill Hickok
Closing the Monte Game	28	(3)
Ben Thompson
Jacks Lose	31	(1)
Senator Sharon
William Ralston
King of the Gamblers	32	(2)
Ed Chase
Newton General Massacre	34	(2)
Mike McCluskie
Jim Riley
A Woman of Diverse Talents	36	(2)
Lurline Monte Verde
A Gambler Shootout at Delano	38	(2)
Rowdy Joe Lowe
The Bank Is Open, The Sky is the Limit	40	(3)
Poker Alice
Fort Griffin Mystery	43	(3)
Lottie Deno
The Rube Game	46	(2)
Frank Tarbeaux
Broken-Hearted Monte Man	48	(3)
George H. Devol
Old Partner Tricks	51	(3)
Canada Bill Jones
Lucky Luke Short	54	(3)
Serious Gambler	57	(1)
Vaso Chucovich
Troubled Dentist	58	(2)
Doc Holliday
Send Us Some More Suckers	60	(1)
Jake Goetz
Harry Baer
No Keys to the City	61	(1)
Soapy Smith
Ordering Information	62