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Dealers Choice: The Worlds Greatest Poker Stories

by Jerry D. Lewis (Editor)

Other authors: Achmed Abdullah (Contributor), Franklin P. Adams (Contributor), Robert Benchley (Contributor), Heywood Broun (Contributor), Leslie Charteris (Contributor)22 more, Robert M. Coates (Contributor), John Collier (Contributor), Stephen Crane (Contributor), Russel Crouse (Contributor), C. S. Forester (Contributor), Paul Gardner (Contributor), Bret Harte (Contributor), Ernest Hemingway (Contributor), O. Henry (Contributor), Oswald Jacoby (Contributor), Alan Le May (Contributor), W. Somerset Maugham (Contributor), Robert McLaughlin (Contributor), Edward Newhouse (Contributor), John O'Hara (Contributor), Jennings Perry (Contributor), Quentin Reynolds (Contributor), Robert Ruark (Contributor), Damon Runyon (Contributor), Merriman Smith (Contributor), James Thurber (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor)

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Twenty-six authors, some quite famous have written about this game, prior to 1955, and here are their contributions. There are very few overlaps with short stories written about chess. Some of the stories are entertaining. ( )
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Lewis, Jerry D.Editorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Abdullah, AchmedContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Adams, Franklin P.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Benchley, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Broun, HeywoodContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Charteris, LeslieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Coates, Robert M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Collier, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crane, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crouse, RusselContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Forester, C. S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gardner, PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Harte, BretContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hemingway, ErnestContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Henry, O.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jacoby, OswaldContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Le May, AlanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Maugham, W. SomersetContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McLaughlin, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Newhouse, EdwardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Hara, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Perry, JenningsContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reynolds, QuentinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ruark, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Runyon, DamonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, MerrimanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Thurber, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Twain, MarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Contains:
  • The Ambassador of Poker / Achmed Abdullah
  • Women Can't Play Poker / Franklin P. Adams
  • Ladies Wild / Robert Benchley
  • Jackpot / Heywood Broun
  • The Mug's Game / Leslie Charteris
  • A Friendly Game of Cards / Robert M. Coates
  • Ah, the University / John Collier
  • A Poker Game / Stephen Crane
  • How Not to Play Poker / Russel Crouse
  • Some Kinds of Bad Luck / C.S. Forester
  • Cousin Willie is a Card / Paul Gardner
  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte
  • The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio / Ernest Hemingway
  • A Blackjack Bargainer / O. Henry
  • Close to the Vest / Oswald Jacoby
  • Ghost at His Shoulder / Alan Le May
  • Straight Flush / W. Somerset Maugham
  • Let's Get Rid of the Ribbon Clerks / Robert McLaughlin
  • Poker Game / Edward Newhouse
  • Where's the Game? / John O'Hara
  • Poker Face / Jennings Perry
  • A Girl Named Dora / Quentin Reynolds
  • Fishing and Busted Flushes / Robert Ruark
  • Friendliness Goes out the Window / Damon Runyon
  • How Truman Played Poker / Merriman Smith
  • Everything is Wild / James Thurber
  • The Professor's Yarn / Mark Twain
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