HUSTLER DAYS; MINNESOTA FATS, WIMPY LASSITER, JERSEY RED, AND AMERICA'S GREAT AGE OF POOL.

Dyer, R.A. [Richard A. Dyer]. [Rudolf Walter Wanderone, Jr. - Minesota Fats, 1913-1996; Luther Clement Lassiter, Jr. - Wimpy Lassiter, 1918-1988; Jack Breit - Jersey Red, 1934-1997.]

ISBN 10: 1592281044 / ISBN 13: 9781592281046

Published by Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2003., 2003

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First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). x, 274 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed; light bumping at spine ends. Black spine bumped at ends; black boards. Tan endpapers. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. {Sports-Shelf#2} ISBN 1592281044.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HUSTLER DAYS; MINNESOTA FATS, WIMPY LASSITER, JERSEY RED, AND AMERICA'S GREAT AGE OF POOL.
• Publisher: Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2003.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592281044
• ISBN 13: 9781592281046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

The author takes readers on a fascinating tour of smoky bars and pool halls across the nation from the Depression through the 1950s in search of Minnesota Fats, Wimpy Lassiter, Jersey Red, and other legendary figures from America s "age of pool."

About the Author

R. A. DYER is a regular contributor to the nation's premier pool magazine, Billiards Digest. He spent over four years researching this book, and conducted more than one hundred interviews. He is currently statehouse reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and before that, was a reporter for The Houston Chronicle, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Austin, Texas.