Dictated to an amanuensis and published as the confession of the self-styled wickedest man in the world, this is Ben Hogan’s own account of a career as runaway, prizefighter, wartime spy, saloon and dance-hall keeper in the Pennsylvania oil boom, and finally converted evangelist. Adventures among the Choctaw, in gambling dens and in rough boom towns are told with a showman’s relish.
Lurid, boastful and entertaining, a genuine piece of nineteenth-century American underworld memoir, best read with a pinch of salt. Download the free EPUB.