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active 19th century Uncle George
Best known for a lively 1883 poker book, this elusive nineteenth-century writer used the voice of a worldly uncle to mix practical card advice with sharp warnings about cheating and gambling. The result feels part handbook, part moral conversation, and very much of its era.
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Talk of Uncle George to His Nephew about Draw Poker Containing valuable suggestions in connection with this great American game. Also, instruction and directions to clubs and social card parties, whose members play only for recreation and pastime, with timely warnings to young players.
by active 19th century Uncle George
About the author
Little is firmly documented about the person behind the pen name Uncle George. Project Gutenberg identifies the author simply as "Uncle George, active 19th century," and the work that can be confidently linked to that name is Talk of Uncle George to His Nephew about Draw Poker.
That book was published in 1883 by Dick & Fitzgerald in New York. It presents its lessons as a conversation between an experienced uncle and his younger nephew, offering advice on how draw poker is played while also warning readers about dishonesty at the card table and the risks of letting a pastime turn into gambling.
Because so little biographical information appears to survive, Uncle George is remembered mainly through the tone of this book: chatty, cautionary, and intent on showing young players both the appeal and the dangers of a popular game. For modern readers, the work offers a small but vivid glimpse of recreational life and moral advice in late nineteenth-century America.