A01=Buck Whaley
A01=Thomas 'Buck Jerusalem' Whaley
Author_Buck Whaley
Author_Thomas 'Buck Jerusalem' Whaley
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irish gambler
irish house of commons
thomas whaley
Product details
- ISBN 9781845885410
- Weight: 260g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 Sep 1980
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'I was born with strong passions', began Buck Whaley's Memoirs, 'a lively imaginative disposition and a spirit that could brook no restraint. I possessed a restlessness and activity of mind that directed me to the most extravagant pursuits; and the ardour of my disposition never abated until satiety had weakened the power of my enjoyment'.
From here on, the Memoirs entertain and take the reader on an amazing journey, from which they return with a heart-felt regard for the fun-loving 'Buck'.
Thomas 'Buck Jerusalem' Whaley has variously been described as rake, a man-about-town and a gambler. In reading his Memoirs, it becomes clear that all these labels are justified. He jumped out of a first floor building and kissed the occupant of the first carriage he saw, walked to Jerusalem for a bet, squandered his fortune, and imported Irish soil to the Isle of Man to build his house upon in order to win a wager. Even his early death is surrounded by myth, saga and controversy.
