Most of the gamblers of the Old West got their start and reputations by working the circuit of the Mississippi River boats, the railhead cattle towns of Kans

Presents an illustrated history of gamblers and gambling in the Old West.

Most of the gamblers of the Old West got their start and reputations by working the circuit of the Mississippi River boats, the railhead cattle towns of Kansas,

Gambling played a major role in the lives of the men that drove the western movement of Americans across the continent during the nineteenth century. Games of c