Cowboys full : the story of poker
McManus, James2010
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Providing a history of poker through the lives of its larger-than-life players, this book explains how early Americans took what was a French parlour game and made it into a national craze by the Civil War.
Main title:
Cowboys full : the story of poker / James McManus.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Souvenir, 2010.
Collation:
x, 516 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780285638716 (pbk)
Dewey class:
795.412
Language:
English
BRN:
882993