{"product_id":"fate-deals-a-hand-the-slippery-fortunes-of-titanics-professional-gamblers-9781803992389","title":"Fate Deals a Hand: The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic's Professional Gamblers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique study into both the professional gamblers aboard \u003ci\u003eTitanic \u003c\/i\u003eand their individual backgrounds and fates\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In spring 1912 three professional gamblers traveled from the U.S. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE BEHE\u003c\/b\u003e is a past vice president of the Titanic Historical Society. He has been interviewed and acted as a consultant for many documentaries and \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e books, and has written numerous articles for the Titanic Historical Society's journal \u003ci\u003eThe Commutator\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also been fortunate to have been able to count more than a dozen \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e survivors among his personal friends. He has written \u003ci\u003eOn Board RSM Titanic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVoices from the Carpathia\u003c\/i\u003e for The History Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50661139775762,"sku":"9781803992389","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dbbeabc4-e3fa-49f7-84f2-ad96c9a77bad.jpg?v=1733485621","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fate-deals-a-hand-the-slippery-fortunes-of-titanics-professional-gamblers-9781803992389","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}