Gamble Gold (Classic Reprint)

Gamble Gold (Classic Reprint)

Author: Edward Abbott Parry

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-18

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780483364783

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Excerpt from Gamble Gold His grandmother was a dear old lady with a white cap and grey ringlets and a merry face like a rosy wrinkled apple. She had rather a bad memory, but this did not matter much, for to balance it she was able to foresee all sorts of things that were going to happen, and some things which never happened at all. Now she lived on the hill-side, by the edge of a little waterfall, the stream from which ran into a lake at the foot of the mountains from whence it Sprang. Her hut was a sort of tent or wigwam made of arched branches of trees covered with deer-skins and sacking. All round the hut were larch-trees and Scotch firs which gave a pleasant shade in the hot summer days - and in the days I am writing of it was always summer weather. Winter had been abolished and sent to the North Pole, where any one who wanted it went after it; but in Glen Guile it was always summer, and if you wanted a day's snow balling, you went up to the high mountains at the back of the woods, and had as much as you liked of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Five Thousand an Hour

Five Thousand an Hour

Author: George Randolph Chester

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9781331447733

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Excerpt from Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble Won the Heiress Bout the time the winner of the Bal timore Handicap flashed under the wire, Johnny Gamble started to tear up a bundle of nice pink tickets on Lady S. Just then Ashley Loring came by swiftly in the direction of the betting Shed. Loring stopped and wheeled when he caught sight of him as did most men who knew him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Light Come, Light Go

Light Come, Light Go

Author: Ralph Nevill

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-25

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 9780484717656

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Excerpt from Light Come, Light Go: Gambling Gamesters Wagers the Turf All conditions of life being more or less dis quieted either with the cares of gaining or of keeping money, it is but natural that mankind should be allured by the idea of discovering and utilising an easy and quick road to riches. Alas, the prospect of speedy wealth, which exercises such an irresistible fascination over certain natures, is in the vast majority of cases nothing but a delusive mirage, as tempting to covetous folly as the philosopher's stone. Indeed, the votaries of chance in a great measure resemble the alchemists of old, who were ever seeking, but never found, a method of producing untold gold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Her Weight in Gold

Her Weight in Gold

Author: George Barr McCutcheon

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9781331120049

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Excerpt from Her Weight in Gold: Illus, by H. Devitt Welsh The conversation between him and Gen eral Gamble took place in the reading-room of the Essex Club. There was a small table between them and there were highballs in passage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


The Gambler

The Gambler

Author: Franc B. Wilkie

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-24

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780483809673

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Excerpt from The Gambler: A Story of Chicago Life If this work shall so exhibit the hell into which gaming leads, as to prevent here and there some curious youth from journeying thither, it will have served one of the main purposes of the author in its preparation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Double Down

Double Down

Author: Frederick Barthelme

Publisher: HMH

Published: 2001-05-21

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0547959354

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“An exquisitely crafted memoir” by two brothers who lost their parents, lost their inheritance—and almost lost their freedom (The Wall Street Journal). Frederick Barthelme and his brother Steven were both accomplished, respected writers with stable adult lives when they lost both of their parents in rapid succession. They had already lost their other brother, just a few years earlier. Suddenly they were on their own, emotionally unmoored—and unprepared for what would happen next. Their late father had been a prominent architect, and the brothers were left with a healthy inheritance. Over the following several years, they would lose close to a quarter million dollars in the gambling boats off the Mississippi coast. Then, in a bizarre twist, they were charged with violating state gambling laws, fingerprinted, and thrown into the surreal world of felony prosecution. For two years these widely publicized charges hung over their heads, shadowing their every step. Double Down is the wry, often heartbreaking story of how Frederick and Steven Barthelme got into this predicament. It is also a reflection on the allure of casinos and the pull and power of illusions that can destroy our lives if we aren’t careful. “One of the best firsthand accounts ever written about organized gambling. Like Goodman Brown, taking a walk with a hooded stranger into the darkness of the New England woods, the Barthelme brothers suddenly find themselves inside the maw of the monster. The compulsion to control, to intuit the future, to be painted by magic, could not be better or more accurately described.” —James Lee Burke “Beautifully evoking the gamblers’ addiction, their mesmerizing account is best read as a novel Camus might have imagined, with the writer/protagonists as their own lost characters. A work of high art; enthusiastically recommended.” —Library Journal