Credits & Bibliography Info.
Compiled and edited by Mark Howard,
AKA: The Evil Swede BCVC #38, SASS #20352 Life
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The following books and published articles were referenced in the creation of this webpage. Please keep in mind that where specific details were found to be in conflict, more weight was given to reference materials authored in the 1800's. Bucking the Tiger - The Story of Doc Holliday (2002) Bruce Olds. Concise Rules of Card Games (1897) American Playing Card Co. Faro Exposed, the Gambler and his Prey (1882) Richard K. Fox, New York Police Gazette Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi (1892) Autobiography of George Devol. Gamblers of the Old West (1995) Bill Kelly. Gamblers of the Old West (The) (1980) From the "Old West" Series by Time-Life Books. Gamblers: True Tales of the Old West (2003) 28 stories of real old west gamblers. Charles J. Convis. Gambling Collectibles - A Sure Winner (1993) Leonard Schneir. Historic San Francisco - A Concise History and Guide (1991) Rand Richards Knights of the Green Cloth - The Saga of Frontier Gamblers (1982) Robert K. DeArment. Modern Pocket Hoyle, 9th Edition (1878) Containing all of the games of skill & chance as played in this country at the present time. Private Journal of George Whitwell Parsons:The Tombstone Years 1879-1887 (The) (1997) Edited by Carl Chafin. Sharps and Flats (1892) John Nevi Maskelyne. Sucker's Progress (1938) Herbert Asbury. What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War (1996) Mike Wright. "Faro: The Frontier Favorite" - January 2003 article by Mark Pilarski. "Faro: Favorite Gambling Game of the Frontier" - October 1996 article by John R. Sanders, "Wild West Magazine" "Former Dealer hopes for return of faro" - October 2000 article by Ed Vogel in the Las Vegas Review Journal. The On-Line Faro Guide - Powerpoint Presentation www.jimkilby.net/Files/Class Notes/131-3 Faro.ppt |
| Students.. Since I have been asked for this bibliographical reference information, here it is for all of you hard working students out there.. Using the standard MLA format for referencing an Internet (www) web site resource: Howard, M. "Bucking the Tiger" - The Traditional Game of Faro. Barbary Coast Vigilance Committee. 08 June 2004 <http://www.bcvc.net/faro/>. And, using the standard APA format for referencing electronic media and URL content: Howard, Mark. (2004). "Bucking the Tiger" The Game of Faro - History & Rules for the King of Old West Card games. Retrieved on [insert today's date], from the Barbary Coast Vigilance Committee Web site: http://www.bcvc.net/faro/ |
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