Author
John Philip Quinn
John Philip Quinn was born in 1846 in Missouri and spent a quarter of a century living by gambling and cheating. After prison and a pardon he lectured against gambling, and in 1890 he published this book.
Books in Livria
- Fools of Fortune, or Gambling and Gamblers
Why does it feel like your luck is about to turn? John Quinn spent twenty-five years running gambling tables, turning rigged wheels at fairs and dealing marked cards, then ended up in prison and wrote a confession. He…