The Amazing World of John Scarne
Subtitle: A Personal History By John Scarne
Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Published: 1956
Place of publication: New York
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 412
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Page; title: 1   The Fledgling Years: A Decision Is Made  .  .  .   13; title: 2   Inside a Crooked Gambling Supply House  .   .   43; title: 3   Carnival Experiences  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   78; title: 4   Arnold Rothstein, ET AL: A Bid to Join; title: New York's Gambling Fraternity  .   .   .   .   .   .  125; title: 5   Meeting the Greats of Magic:; title: Houdini, Thurston, Leispig   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . 157; title: 6   Charlatans and Fakirs and the Houdini; title: Rahman Bey Rivalry   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    187; title: 7   Hypnotism, Extra-Sensory Perception,; title: and Psychokinesis are Fakes   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   230; title: 8   Show Business-Boxing and Gambling-; title: The World's Heavyweight Championship   .   .   . 267; title: 9   My Crusade Against Dice and Card; title: Cheaters during World War II   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  306; title: 10 My Greatest Performance   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    346; title: 11 Gamblers, Racketeers and the Mafia   .   .   .   .   359; title: 12 Mission in the Caribbean   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    384; title: 13 Teeko Scar-nee and the I.Q. Solitare-; title: The Greatest Achievement of My Life   .   .   .   .  402