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Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything
This "raucous retelling of the life of a consummate gambler, grifter and quintessential American character" (Kirkus Reviews) introduces Alvin "Titanic" Thompson (1892-1974), who traveled with golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash. A terrific read for anyone who has ever laid a bet, Titanic Thompson recaptures the colorful times of a singular figure.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Nov 14th, 2011
- Pages: 288
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.40in - 0.80in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9780393340570
- Categories: • Gambling - General (see also Self-Help - Compulsive Behavior• Sports
About the Author
Cook, Kevin: - A former senior editor at Sports Illustrated, Kevin Cook is the author of Titanic Thompson, Tommy's Honor, Kitty Genovese and The Dad Report. He lives in New York City.
Praise for this book
Remarkable.--Audie Cornish
A crackerjack biography.
Highly enjoyable.
Remarkable. --Audie Cornish
Kevin Cook 's biography vividly illuminates the life of Titanic Thompson, perhaps the craftiest golfer and poker player and certainly the most dangerous hustler of his, or just about any, generation. --James McManus, bestselling author of "Positively Fifth Street" and "Cowboys Full"
Remarkable. --Audie Cornish"
A crackerjack biography. "
Highly enjoyable. "
Titanic Thompson is as emblematically American as Babe Ruth or Mark Twain. . . . Cook gives us the real deal.
Even money you re going to read this book in a night, maybe two. Five to one you re going to practice shuffling cards or throwing quarters against a wall or chipping golf balls into a shot glass when you re finished. Ten to one you re going to claim you can throw a peanut over a three-story building. Hundred to one you re going to get married a bunch of times, kill a few people, make and lose a fortune and...oh, read the book and find out. You won t be disappointed.--Leigh Montville, author of The Mysterious Montague"
Here's a wonderful contradiction: a delightful, breezy account of the most outrageous grifter who ever worked the dark side streets of the American dream. If there'd been any money in the pro game back then, he might have been the most talented golfer of a generation that included Nelson and Hogan. He became, instead, the premiere con man of the twentieth century who never held public office. If this was fiction, you wouldn't believe a word of it. You still might not believe it, but it's all true, and it's all here.--Mark Frost, author of The Greatest Game Ever Played and The Match
Kevin Cook s biography vividly illuminates the life of Titanic Thompson, perhaps the craftiest golfer and poker player and certainly the most dangerous hustler of his, or just about any, generation.--James McManus, bestselling author of Positively Fifth Street and Cowboys Full"
Kevin Cook's biography vividly illuminates the life of Titanic Thompson, perhaps the craftiest golfer and poker player--and certainly the most dangerous hustler--of his, or just about any, generation.--James McManus, bestselling author of Positively Fifth Street and Cowboys Full
Titanic was a legend, one of the toughest, smartest gamblers of all time. Kevin Cook's terrific book brings him back to life.--Doyle Brunson, two-time winner of the World Series of Poker, member of the Poker Hall of Fame
Even money you're going to read this book in a night, maybe two. Five to one you're going to practice shuffling cards or throwing quarters against a wall or chipping golf balls into a shot glass when you're finished. Ten to one you're going to claim you can throw a peanut over a three-story building. Hundred to one you're going to get married a bunch of times, kill a few people, make and lose a fortune and...oh, read the book and find out. You won't be disappointed.--Leigh Montville, author of The Mysterious Montague