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Knights of the Green Cloth: The Saga of the Frontier Gamblers

Knights of the Green Cloth: The Saga of the Frontier Gamblers

Dearment, Robert K.

Paperback

19th Century United States HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0806122455
ISBN13: 9780806122458
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Mar 15 1990
Pages: 440
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.97 Width: 5.47 Depth: 8.28
Language: English

The English essayist Charles Lamb once said, Man is a gaming animal. If he had known the American frontier gamblers depicted in this book, he might have added in spades, referring to the avidity with which these knight of the green cloth pursued their profession.

All of the pioneers who ventured into the American West of the nineteenth century were gamblers in a sense, betting on the land, the future, and themselves. They risked their fortunes and, sometimes, their very lives. And for those too impatient to wait for the bonanza of a rich ore strike, or for the cattle to multiply, or for the town to develop, the gambling table offered an opportunity for instant riches. The almost universal acceptance and popularity of gambling games on the frontier was predictable, and the rise of the professional gambler inevitable. It was a time of almost unlimited personal freedom in a tolerant society, with few to call gambling a sin, a crime, or a folly.

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