Jonathan H. Green
(1813 - 1887)
Jonathan Harrington Green was born in Ohio and became a skilled card gambler who traveled the country. In 1842 he stopped his card advantage play and became a crusader against illegal gambling. He successfully lobbied for enacting anti-gambling laws in several states. From 1850 - 51 he was the general executive agent of the New York Association for the Suppression of Gambling during which time he conducted an exhaustive investigation on illegal gambling operations in New York City. He joined the Union army during the Civil War and became a captain. He was later employed by the US Secret Service. He also was an amateur inventor with more than 20 patents to his name. He retired in Philadelphia.
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Gamblers' Tricks With Cards Exposed and ExplainedJonathan H. Green This is an unusual mix of contents including magic card tricks, card games and how gamblers cheat at those games, other swindles and scams, a section on dice and cheating at dice games, as well as moralizing against the evils of gambling.
Jonathan H. Green was a reformed gambler, who made a career exposing cheating via lectures, presentations and books. If you are looking for an edited version and somewhat modernized rendition of this book you can find it here.
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Gamblers' Tricks with CardsJonathan H. Green Scores of street scams, swindles, and card table ruses are explained in this 163 page ebook, guaranteed to separate a sucker from his money just as quickly today as when this tome was first written in the mid-1800s. Don't read this book to cheat -- instead, get it for protection so you don't become a victim.
This a fascinating study, filled with accounts of colorful, larger-than-life characters. Some were victims, others turned the tables and made suckers out of the swindlers. The author, "a reformed gambler," goes beyond playing cards to detail the inside work on thimbles (the precursor... | 2016 / 10 / 21 | $8.00 to wish list | ||
The Reformed GamblerJonathan H. Green This book is one of the classic books in gambling. It is an autobiography and describes Jonathan Green's conversion from a gambler to an exposer and teacher.
Among others it exposes: game of thimbles; diamond cut diamond, or the gentleman's game; Dead open and shut; church gambling; five aces beaten; lotteries; post office game; pound cake, or ring game; the preacher and the gambler; grab loo. It commences by showing how he became a gambler - why he resolved to reform - destruction of his gambling instruments - he makes restitution - the question of reformation - his conversion - unites with... | 2005 / 9 / 5 | $19.50 to wish list |
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