Knights of the Green Cloth: The Saga of the Frontier Gamblers

by Robert K. DeArment

Profiles the most successful professional gamblers of the nineteenth century American West and clarifies misconceptions about frontier life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806117265
• ISBN13: 9780806117263
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Gamblers of the Old West

KNIGHTS OF THE GREEN CLOTH is a history book that reads like a novel. Many famous and infamous names are included in the telling as the men and women of chance follow the westward trek of the pioneer wagons and gold seekers. A gold strike and they arrived, set up their tents, opened their games, and dealt the cards. The lobe pays out and they are gone to the next gulch or return home. Some did return home---the famous Keenland Race Track in Lexington, Kentucky was established from gambling winnings. Today this non-profit charity track is known world wide. Writing a western, these characters were there. Enjoy reading westerns and watching movies on TV, it is fun to compare notes with the facts and how the gamblers are shown in fiction and film. Writing as a Small BusinessSins of the Fathers: A Brewster County NovelNatchez Above The River: A Family's Survival In The Civil WarGuns Across the Rio: A Texas Ranger in Old Mexico