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John M. Findlay’s People Of Chance:
$9.50
John M. Findlay’s People Of Chance This book is a social history of American gambling in aseries of frontier settings ranging from seventeenth-century Jamestown totwentieth-century Nevada. The book points out the affinity between gambling andfrontiers, showing how both thrived on high expectations, risk-taking,opportunism and movement, and both helped to shape a distinctive culture. The first half of thebook paints a vivid picture of gambling in the colonial and early nationalfrontiers, on the Missiissippi River, and in the California Gold Rush. Findlaydescribes how in the ninteenth century progessional gamblers, operating in townsand riverboats along the Mississippi, popularized casino games, and then tellshow these gaming practices were transported to the mining frontiers of the FarWest. The second half of the book traces Las Vegas\' rise as America\'s ultimateresort. The culmination of almost four centuries of westward migration andchance-taking by Americans, Las Vegas represents a link between America\'sfrontier past and the contemporary values of the Sunbelt culture. First Edition. Published by Oxford University Press in 1986.6.5 x 9.5 inch hardcover with dustjacket. 272 pages. Pre-owned but in goodcondition. -
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