The Resource Blacklegs, card sharps, and confidence men : nineteenth-century Mississippi River gambling stories, edited by Thomas Ruys Smith
Blacklegs, card sharps, and confidence men : nineteenth-century Mississippi River gambling stories, edited by Thomas Ruys Smith
- Summary
- In 1836 Benjamin Drake, a midwestern writer of popular sketches for newspapers of the day, introduced his readers to a new and distinctly American rascal who rode the steamboats up and down the Mississippi and other western waterwaysthe riverboat gambler. These men, he recorded, dress with taste and elegance; carry gold chronometers in their pockets; and swear with the most genteel precision. ... Every where throughout the valley, these mistletoe gentry are called by the original, if not altogether classic, cognomen of æBlack-legs.Æ In Blacklegs, Card Sharps, and Confidence Men, Thomas Ruy
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 271 pages)
- Contents
-
- From Social relations in our Southern states / Daniel R. Hundley
- The Vicksburg tragedy
- From Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas / Richard Penn Smith
- Putting a black-leg on shore / Benjamin Drake
- From Richard Hurdis, or, The avenger of blood / William Gilmore Simms
- From Excursion through the slave states / George W. Featherstonhaugh / Sketches from the Spirit of the times
- The bivouac, or, A night at the mouth of the Ohio, a sketch of Western voyaging / Joseph Holt Ingraham
- Taking good advice / Madison Tensas (Henry Clay Lewis)
- From Zilla Fitz James, the female bandit of the South-west / Zilla Fitz James-- Breaking a bank / Solomon Smith
- Dialogue between a gambler and a travelling agent / Jonathan Green
- How Dodge 'dodged' the sharpers / M.G. Lewis
- The gamblers outwitted / Emerson Bennett
- From The confidence-man: his masquerade / Herman Melville
- From Clotel, or, The president's daughter / William Wells Brown
- From Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb / Henry Bibb
- From The white slave, or, Memoirs of a fugitive / Richard Hildreth
- From Hatchie, the guardian slave, or, The heiress of Bellevue / Warren T. Ashton (Rev. William Taylor Adams)
- The pilot's story / William Dean Howells
- From The end of the world: a love story / Edward Eggleston
- From Wanderings of a vagabond: an autobiography / John Morris (John O'Connor)
- The professor's yarn / Mark Twain
- From Old times on the upper Mississippi / George Byron Merrick
- From Flush Fred's full hand, or, Life and strife in Louisiana / Edward Willett
- From Forty years a gambler on the Mississippi / George Devol
- Three portraits of 'Canada' Bill Jones / Allan Pinkerton, Mason Long, George Devol
- From Poker stories / compiled by J.F.B. Lillard
- Isbn
- 9780807137369
- Label
- Blacklegs, card sharps, and confidence men : nineteenth-century Mississippi River gambling stories
- Title
- Blacklegs, card sharps, and confidence men
- Title remainder
- nineteenth-century Mississippi River gambling stories
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Thomas Ruys Smith
- Subject
-
- American literature -- Mississippi River Valley
- American literature -- Mississippi
- History
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Literary collections
- American literature -- 19th century
- Gamblers -- Mississippi River -- Literary collections
- Literary collections
- River life -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century -- Literary collections
- Gambling on river boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century -- Literary collections
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1836 Benjamin Drake, a midwestern writer of popular sketches for newspapers of the day, introduced his readers to a new and distinctly American rascal who rode the steamboats up and down the Mississippi and other western waterwaysthe riverboat gambler. These men, he recorded, dress with taste and elegance; carry gold chronometers in their pockets; and swear with the most genteel precision. ... Every where throughout the valley, these mistletoe gentry are called by the original, if not altogether classic, cognomen of æBlack-legs.Æ In Blacklegs, Card Sharps, and Confidence Men, Thomas Ruy
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 810.9/355
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS558.M7
- LC item number
- B63 2010eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Southern literary studies
- Label
- Blacklegs, card sharps, and confidence men : nineteenth-century Mississippi River gambling stories, edited by Thomas Ruys Smith
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- http://library.link/vocab/branchCode
-
- net
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- From Social relations in our Southern states / Daniel R. Hundley -- The Vicksburg tragedy -- From Col. Crockett's exploits and adventures in Texas / Richard Penn Smith -- Putting a black-leg on shore / Benjamin Drake -- From Richard Hurdis, or, The avenger of blood / William Gilmore Simms -- From Excursion through the slave states / George W. Featherstonhaugh / Sketches from the Spirit of the times -- The bivouac, or, A night at the mouth of the Ohio, a sketch of Western voyaging / Joseph Holt Ingraham -- Taking good advice / Madison Tensas (Henry Clay Lewis) -- From Zilla Fitz James, the female bandit of the South-west / Zilla Fitz James-- Breaking a bank / Solomon Smith -- Dialogue between a gambler and a travelling agent / Jonathan Green -- How Dodge 'dodged' the sharpers / M.G. Lewis -- The gamblers outwitted / Emerson Bennett -- From The confidence-man: his masquerade / Herman Melville -- From Clotel, or, The president's daughter / William Wells Brown -- From Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb / Henry Bibb -- From The white slave, or, Memoirs of a fugitive / Richard Hildreth -- From Hatchie, the guardian slave, or, The heiress of Bellevue / Warren T. Ashton (Rev. William Taylor Adams) -- The pilot's story / William Dean Howells -- From The end of the world: a love story / Edward Eggleston -- From Wanderings of a vagabond: an autobiography / John Morris (John O'Connor) -- The professor's yarn / Mark Twain -- From Old times on the upper Mississippi / George Byron Merrick -- From Flush Fred's full hand, or, Life and strife in Louisiana / Edward Willett -- From Forty years a gambler on the Mississippi / George Devol -- Three portraits of 'Canada' Bill Jones / Allan Pinkerton, Mason Long, George Devol -- From Poker stories / compiled by J.F.B. Lillard
- Control code
- ocn659563363
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 271 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780807137369
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- .b3567426x
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)659563363
- pebcs0807137367
Subject
- American literature -- 19th century
- American literature -- Mississippi
- American literature -- Mississippi River Valley
- Gamblers -- Mississippi River -- Literary collections
- Gambling on river boats -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century -- Literary collections
- History
- Literary collections
- Mississippi River Valley -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Literary collections
- River life -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century -- Literary collections
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