Fate Deals a Hand: The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic's Professional Gamblers

by George Behe

Book Overview

A unique study into both the professional gamblers aboard Titanic and their individual backgrounds and fates

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 traveled from the U.S. to England for the sole purpose of returning to America...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803992387
• ISBN13: 9781803992389
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"