Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything

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Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything this book sheds light on a bygone era of American history: the 1920s and 1930s, pg when many other enigmatic characters made a name for themselves too, not least Harry Houdini and Al Capone. Thompson also features in other well-known popular culture productions of the time, as he is said to be the inspiration for the gambler-hero character of Sky Masterson in the short story, The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown by Damon Runyon, which later formed the basis of the plot of the hit 1950s Broadway show, Guys and Dolls.