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Jonathan Harrington Green
Jonathan Harrington Green was a 19th-century American writer and professional gambler who became known for his books exposing the tricks and strategies of gamblers. He authored several influential works, including "An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling" and "Gambling Unmasked," which provided insights into the gambling world and warned of its dangers. Green later became an advocate for gambling reform and toured the United States, lecturing against the vice. His writings were instrumental in changing public perception of gambling during his time, making him a notable figure in American social reform.
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CHAPTER I. In perusing the following pages, the reader will learn the history of a class of men, who, for talent, cannot be excelled. He may startle at the horrid features which naked truth will depict—at deeds of darkness which, though presented to an enlightened people, may require a stretch of credulity to believe were ever perpetrated in the glorious nineteenth century. It will, no doubt, elicit...
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