Cincinnati Kid: A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Cincinnati Kid: A Novel<br><br>It had started out as fooling around and then as happened SO many times it developed into a game. The others began to drop in and a gig was working. It was nickel-and-dime stuff as long as it was The Kid and The Shooter and Pig but when Carey and Carmody came in both Of whom bet the Cardinals and had won nicely over the weekend double-header the play moved deceptively from nickel-and-dime to a quarter and a half and then wide open.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.