Hi Everyone:

Here's a preliminary version of the cover of our next book. It should be available in June.




So who are these people. This is from the book:

The Front Cover


Our front cover shows pictures of four of the people who are featured in this book. They were chosen to be on the cover because of their skillful plays and expert gambles.

The top left is Isabella I of Castile. She was able to become Queen with complete authority at a time when it was only the Kings who had complete authority. Today, she’s best remembered for approving Columbus’ voyage to sail west which led to the discovery of the New World, but there was much more to her than this one decision. Her story, “Being the Queen in a World of Kings,” starts on page 29.

The top right is Francisco Pizarro. Through skillful gambling, in South America, he managed to defeat an Inca Army of 20,000 when his force only numbered 180. His story, “Treachery as an Art Form,” starts on page 36.

The lower left is Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He used expert poker tactics to win two significant battles in the American Civil War, and on a different occasion, again used expert poker tactics to save his army. There are three chapters on him. They are “The World’s Greatest Sem-Bluff,” “Bluffing at Antietam,” and “More Robert E. Lee.” These stories start on pages 130, 138, and 140 respectively.

The lower right is John F. Kennedy, the youngest person ever to be elected President of the United States. He also skillfully used poker tactics during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. His story, “Poker in the Caribbean,” starts on page 152.

But this book is not about only winners who made expert gambles. It also contains a lot of people who would fall into the “foolish” category. But we felt that only experts should appear on the cover.

Best wishes,
Mason

I only recognize one of ‘em, but I’ll keep looking at the other three.

Hi Erin:

Look again. I've added the information as to who these people are in my post above.

Best wishes,
mason

That was fun, thanks! I’m going to read something else tomorrow!

Looking forward to it - you told me some of these stories last time we talked

Interested to see how much you developed them out.

Please don't try to publish a book with a lame cover like that.

For a Perrier with a lime, and my pick of one pill out of that weird ass sandwich bag, I will give you license to this:



Yes I have been here a long time, and no I have not posted in 8 years.

when you're an expert poker player but then lee harvey oswald's magic bullet goes runner-runner-runner-runner-runner-runner-runner to wound you and the texas governor seven times and u die

Hi jdoe:

We work with a very good person for cover design. I sent him the above preliminary cover and we expect it to be much improved. When that happens, I'll post it here as well.

Best wishes,
mason

Can i still have a mystery pill out of the sandwich bag next time I'm in town?

Mason,

FYI, Pizarro has two "r"s rather than one. I would normally let this go but I would not want that typo to propagate into the book itself.

I did not recognize Isabella, but I did the other three.

Best Wishes,

Howard

JFK should also be a painting as well.

Thanks. It's been fixed.

Best wishes,
Mason

Hi Didace:

The pictures come from Wikipedia because they mark whether the pictures are in the public domain. They do have a painting of JFK which we could use, but I just liked this picture much better.

Best wishes,
Mason

Hi Everyone:

For those who are interested in ordering The History of the World from a Gambler's Perspective its Amazon page is now located here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1880685620...s=books&sr=1-1

The book should be available in early June.

Best wishes,
Mason

https://images.app.goo.gl/dwou97s5Nfe6sW2j7


Seems the Queen is already quite a gambler

Best wishes with the text, I look forward to the forward, as well as the rest of the book.

Yeah, I will buy it, gotta keep my collection complete, still miss the old GBC with Luckman though, I have felt everything authored by Mason was well worth the money..!!!

Didn't Kennedy get us into in Vietnam as well? That's sort of offsets the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Hi Mason,

I think you´ll find that "Carribean" is an incorrect spelling. It should be "Caribbean".

Gl with the book.

Hi kid:

Thanks. It's been fixed.

Best wishes,
Mason

This actually hit me. Looking forward to this book.

Will there be an audio book version? If so, hopefully it will be available on Audible.

These guys pulled off perhaps the biggest bluff in history:

Hi Everyone:

Here is the final cover:





and for those of you who might want to preorder from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1880685620...s=books&sr=1-1

Best wishes,
Mason

Good job! Can I pre-order the book in Canada? Can't find it on Amazon Canada. Thanks!

Hi Jef:

That's up to Amazon. All we do is establish the Amazon page and then it's up to Amazon to list it on their other sites. We assume it'll eventually get there, but I can't tell you when.

Best wishes,
Mason