Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything - Softcover

Cook, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393340570 ISBN 13: 9780393340570

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

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"

Book Description:

The True Story of the Card-Sharking, Gun-Slinging, Golf-Hustling American Legend who inspired the character of Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0393340570
• ISBN 13: 9780393340570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288