About the book
George Devol's memoir recounts his life as a riverboat gambler on the Mississippi. An Ohio native, he ran away from home, was a cabin boy at ten and could stack a deck of cards by fourteen. He describes fleecing soldiers, cotton buyers, paymasters and businessmen, and the many fights he says he never lost.
Ryan Holiday put it on his list of 24 little-known books that can change a life, calling it peculiar, easy to read and a vivid picture of a slice of American life found nowhere else.
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Ryan Holiday (Founder/Brass Check)
The memoir of a professional gambler, fighter and criminal who rode the riverboats of the Mississippi and Red Rivers. It’s a true and vibrant snapshot of a period of American life that you can’t get anywhere else. Gun fights, brawls, cons–it’s all here. Fascinating, peculiar and very easy to read.
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