Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. xiv, 423 p.: 1 double-page map, 2 full-page maps, 63 in-text and full-page illustrations; 21 cm. (8¼ inches). Paperback, with color illustrated front cover. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. First Paperback Edition. "The roster of frontier gamblers reads like a who's who of the history of the American Wild West: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Luke Short, Doc Holliday, and Poker Alice, to name just a few. Perhaps it is the stereotyping of these figures by movies and television that has cast the western gambler into a folk hero. Author DeArment separates myth from reality as he records the history of the frontier gamblers between 1850 and 1910 as they covered all of the territories of the day. Such a book on the subject is long overdue"--back cover. ISBN 0-8061-2245-5. Fascinating book, a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the American frontier! Book is in Fine/As New Condition.. Soft Cover. Fine.