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Blacklegs, card sharps, and confidence men : nineteenth-century Mississippi River gambling stories /

In 1836 Benjamin Drake, a midwestern writer of popular sketches for newspapers of the day, introduced his readers to a new and distinctly American rascal who rode the steamboats up and down the Mississippi and other western waterwaysthe riverboat gambler. These men, he recorded, dress with taste and...

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Други автори: Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ℗♭2010.
Серия: Southern literary studies.
Предмети:
1800-1899
Gamblers > Mississippi River > Literary collections.
Gambling on river boats > Mississippi River > History > 19th century > Literary collections.
River life > Mississippi River > History > 19th century > Literary collections.
American literature > 19th century.
American literature > Mississippi River Valley.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
Gamblers.
Gambling on river boats.
Manners and customs.
River life.
Mississippi River Valley > Social life and customs > 19th century > Literary collections.
Mississippi River.
Mississippi River Valley.
Electronic books.
History
Literary collections
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