The Lady Was a Gambler - True Stories of Notorious Cardsharps of the Old West (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

"Place your bets, place your bets . . ." From the muddy cowtowns of Montana to the posh parlors of Deadwood and Tombstone, past a succession of swinging batwing doors to the smoke-filled rooms in the back, some of the most colorful ladies in the Wild West also happened to be some of the shrewdest gamblers. With her inimitable instinct for a good story, Chris Enss points her pen toward fifteen of the most fascinating characters to ever flip a hole card or lace a corset. "Poker" Alice Ivers, for instance, checked and raised her way through some of the roughest mining towns in the West, while Lottie Deno, the prettiest faro dealer to ever turn a card, "bucked the tiger" all the way from Texas to Alaska. And who could ever bet against Eleanora Dumont, a twenty-one dealer known far and wide as "Madam Moustache"?

General

Imprint:	Globe Pequot Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	October 2007
Authors:	Chris Enss
Foreword by:	Jennifer Tilly
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	143
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7627-4371-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Hobbies, quizzes & games > Indoor games > Card games > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-7627-4371-9
Barcode:	9780762743711

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