SYNOPSIS

When Bret Maverick can't pay his hotel bill, but is offered $5,000 to bring a man back to the United States from Tampico to face murder charges, he can't refuse. That is, until he becomes trusted friends with that man and will do anything to save his life.

ENCYCLOPEDIA MAVERICANA

blackjack • blackjack brace man • brace man • Brooks, Paul • Canal Street • Carlos • Carpentier • Casino de Nouvelle Orleans • Cedar Rapids • Charing Road • Chicuelo • "Cielito Lindo" • Civil War •Confederate States of America • Corbett, Steve • Corpus Christi • Creole • dealer • Declaration of Independence • faro • faro brace man • Fowler, Fred • Fowler Furniture • Garth, Sam • Gireaux, Rene • Gireaux, Roul • Gireaux, Victor • Grandview Hotel • Gulf of Mexico • Hotel Clairbourne • hotel clerk •  "He's Gone Away" • House of Gireaux • La Cantina Americana • Lawrence, Amy • Lincoln, Abraham • Louisiana • Matamoros • Maverick, Bret • Memphis • Mexico • Mississippi River • "My Own True Love" • New Orleans • Pastor, Tony • Philip • poker • roulette • roulette brace man • Rue de la Conte • Saint Louis • Stevens, James • Stoker, Rachel • Tampico • Texas • thousand-dollar bill • tinhorn • Union Blockade • wheel of fortune • wheel-of-fortune brace man • Yankee • Ziegler

Listings in italics are not specifically mentioned by name in the story, but are inferred through other contextual references.

FURTHER READING

"Rick's Cafe: Bringing The Film Legend To Life In Casablanca" by Kathy Kriger — Lyons Press, November 6, 2012