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James McManus - Cowboys Full
Nov 17 2009 7:00 pm
Nov 17 2009 8:00 pm
Poker got its start in China, moved through the Middle East, and was a French parlor game when it became popular in the United States, around the time of the Civil War. As McManus traces poker’s route to Vegas, he stops along the way to look at how the game influenced presidents, diplomacy, and, of course, popular culture. The author of the popular poker memoir, Positively Fifth Street, McManus makes a compelling case for why poker has become the most popular card game in Europe, East Asia, Australia, South America, and cyberspace, as well as on television.
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- Politics and Prose
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- 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW ,
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- District Of Columbia
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- 20008
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- United States
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