FORTY YEARS
A GAMBLER
ON THE
MISSISSIPPI
BY
GEORGE H. DEVOL.
A CABIN BOY IN 1839; COULD STEAL CARDS AND CHEAT THE BOYS AT ELEVEN;
STOCK A DECK AT FOURTEEN; BESTED SOLDIERS ON THE RIO GRANDE DURING
THE MEXICAN WAR; WON HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FROM PAYMASTERS, COTTON
BUYERS, DEFAULTERS, AND THIEVES; FOUGHT MORE ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE FIGHTS
THAN ANY MAN IN AMERICA, AND WAS THE MOST DARING GAMBLER IN THE
WORLD.