"Who Authored this Book"?--answer

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Mr. Checkers
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"Who Authored this Book"?--answer

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This famous authors name was not shown. "Checker Trivia questions of the Day". Who was the author, date and name of his book? (Cont.)
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Any second guesses on this one before we bring it to an end? (Cont.)
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Re: "Who Authored this Book"?--answer

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James Sinclair--"Game of Draughts--1832. It is said that A. Blair was so upset that his name was not included in the credits of this book (since he had done a great deal of work on it with Sinclair) that he went out and drown himself. (Cont.)
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