Aces and Eights: Poker in the Old West - Paperback

by Ralph Estes (Author)

Aces and Eights tells story of the role of poker in the lives of the fabled characters of the Wild West, and offers a portrait of the places where they lived and frequently died. This book offers both the "facts" of these lives and the true tales of the game and the gamblers--and the entertaining "tall tales" that have survived to this day.

Author Biography

Ralph Estes is the author of numerous scholarly books and articles as well as the popular work of fiction, My Own Story: The Autobiography of Billy the Kid. Professor Emeritus at The American University, Washington, DC., he now lives in New Mexico where he is the New Mexico State Chautauqua Troubadour, performing "Me and Billy" a one-man show about the outlaw Billy the Kid across the state.