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A Bettor Nation

Card Sharps, Dream Books, and Bucket Shops: Gambling in 19th-Century America by AnnFabianReview by: Louis P. MasurReviews in American History, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 505-510Published by: The Johns Hopkins University PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2703289 .

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