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Fate Deals a Hand
- The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic’s Professional Gamblers
Engelsk
Bogcover for Fate Deals a Hand af George Behe, 9781803992389
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Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9781803992389
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1803992387
Udg. Dato:
6 apr 2023
Størrelse i cm:
16,5 x 24,3 x 2,4
Oplagsdato:
6 apr 2023
Forfatter(e):
Hardback 2023
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During the early twentieth century, professional gamblers were such a scourge in the smoking rooms of trans-Atlantic passenger liners that White Star Line warned its passengers about them. In spring 1912 three professional gamblers travelled from the USA to England for the sole purpose of returning to America on the maiden voyage of Titanic. "Kid" Homer, "Harry" Rolmane and "Boy" Bradley (Harry Homer, Charles Romaine and George Brereton) were grifters with a long history of living on the wrong side of the law, who planned to utilize their skills at the card table to relieve fellow passengers of cash. One swiftly fell under suspicion of being a professional "card mechanic", and was excluded from some poker games, but other games continued apace. This new book, the result of years of research by George Behe, reveals the true identities of these gamblers, their individual backgrounds, the ruses they used, and their ultimate fates after tragedy struck, as well as providing an intriguing insight into a bygone age.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
ISBN-13:
9781803992389
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1803992387
Udg. Dato:
6 apr 2023
Størrelse i cm:
16,5 x 24,3 x 2,4
Oplagsdato:
6 apr 2023
Forfatter(e):
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