Bøker av Christopher D'James

Much has been written about the great elephant Jumbo, P.T. Barnum's centerpiece from 1882 until the animal's tragic death in 1885. But what could be more authoritative than that penned here by Jumbo's longtime keeper Matthew Scott? This autobiography of Jumbo's keeper and biography of the most famous pachyderm of all was published in 1885, the same year of that elephant's death. This edition includes Scott's original 1885 book as well as an all-new epilogue that describes Scott's own tragic end. With additional illustrations.

"Some men are born rascals. Others have rascality thrust upon them." George H Devol was an infamous gambler - though "cheat" would be a more accurate word. In his "Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi" Devol recounts dozens of anecdotes of how he plied his Three-Card Monte and sharp dealing skills to cheat the cheaters and/or suckers on steamboats and in river towns over more than four decades in the mid-nineteenth-century South.

For history buffs and writers of period settings, 1893 reprint of easily-read reference of which was said at the time: "Compiled and edited by Hon. Frank Gilbert, Ex-Sub-Treasurer of the U.S. The best arranged, most convenient, most accurate, and latest book on law, business education, etc., in existence. Simple. Practical. Complete. A commercial college brought to your own home. No other book contains what is found in 'Diamond Points.' Invaluable to business and professional men, teachers, students, and everybody."