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Knights of the Green Cloth: The Saga of Frontier Gamblers, Robert K. DeArment, University of Oklahoma Press, 1925.
Legends of America, “William B. “Lucky Bill” Thornton — Shell Game Con Man,” legendsofamerica.com.
Nevada: A History of Changes, David Thompson, Grace Dangberg Foundation, Reno, Nevada, 1986.
The Hanging of Lucky Bill, Michael J. Makley, Eastern Sierra Press, Woodfords, California, 1993.