Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi

"Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi" is the candid and gripping autobiography of George H. Devol, perhaps the most notorious professional gambler in American history. Spanning four decades of high-stakes action along the great Mississippi River, this memoir offers an unfiltered look into the golden age of the riverboat gambler. Devol recounts his experiences starting from his youth as a cabin boy to becoming a master of card games like poker and monte.

Through a series of anecdotes, D...