{"product_id":"forty-years-a-gambler-on-george-h-devol-9781443735209","title":"Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi","description":"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, defaulters and thieves fought more rough and tumble fights than any man in America and was the most daring gambler in the world. George H. Devol was the greatest riverboat gambler in the history of the Mississippi. Born in Ohio in 1829, he ran away from home and worked as a cabin boy at age ten. At Fourteen he could stack a deck of cards. Over the years, he bilked soldiers, paymasters, thieves, cotton buyers and businessmen alike. He fought more fights than anyone and was never beaten. This is his story. Nobody was ever bored by it. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pierides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George H. Devol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1443735205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781443735209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pierides Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d","brand":"George H. Devol","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44058287079679,"sku":"9781443735209","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_305a7e7c-fd86-442a-9576-9bf0e042f4e7.jpg?v=1685051713","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forty-years-a-gambler-on-george-h-devol-9781443735209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}