{"product_id":"9781803992389-fate-deals-a-hand","title":"Fate Deals a Hand","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Slippery Fortunes of Titanic’s Professional Gamblers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique study into both the professional gamblers aboard \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTitanic \u003c\/i\u003eand their individual backgrounds and fates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the early twentieth century, professional gamblers were such a scourge in the smoking rooms of trans-Atlantic passenger liners that White Star Line warned its passengers about them. In spring 1912 three professional gamblers travelled from the USA to England for the sole purpose of returning to America on the maiden voyage of \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e. \"Kid\" Homer, \"Harry\" Rolmane and \"Boy\" Bradley (Harry Homer, Charles Romaine and George Brereton) were grifters with a long history of living on the wrong side of the law, who planned to utilize their skills at the card table to relieve fellow passengers of cash. One swiftly fell under suspicion of being a professional \"card mechanic\", and was excluded from some poker games, but other games continued apace. This new book, the result of years of research by George Behe, reveals the true identities of these gamblers, their individual backgrounds, the ruses they used, and their ultimate fates after tragedy struck, as well as providing an intriguing insight into a bygone age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40773490245729,"sku":"9781803992389","price":16.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30153146.jpg?v=1726731480","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781803992389-fate-deals-a-hand","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}