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author: Kevin Cook
2011-01-21
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Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet On Everything
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Titanic Thompson is a rollicking biography of one of the most charismatic characters in twentieth-century America. Like Howard Hughes or Bonnie and Clyde, Alvin `Titanic’ Thompson was one of the great figures of this freewheeling era; the difference between them: hardly anyone knows Titanic’s name today.
Travelling only with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash, this is the legendary story of a man who was married five times to five different girls, the oldest just eighteen on her wedding day; of a man who murdered five men, though he’d say `they’d all agree they had it coming to them’; and of a man who won and lost millions – when a pro golfer would earn $10,000 a year, he was playing single holes for $20,000.
Titanic Thompson, filled with fascinating facts and famous faces, is a brilliant snapshot of life on the road in twentieth-century America – it’s a terrific read for anyone who has ever laid a bet.
`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
Travelling only with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash, this is the legendary story of a man who was married five times to five different girls, the oldest just eighteen on her wedding day; of a man who murdered five men, though he’d say `they’d all agree they had it coming to them’; and of a man who won and lost millions – when a pro golfer would earn $10,000 a year, he was playing single holes for $20,000.
Titanic Thompson, filled with fascinating facts and famous faces, is a brilliant snapshot of life on the road in twentieth-century America – it’s a terrific read for anyone who has ever laid a bet.
`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
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Titanic Thompson is a rollicking biography of one of the most charismatic characters in twentieth-century America. Like Howard Hughes or Bonnie and Clyde, Alvin `Titanic’ Thompson was one of the great figures of this freewheeling era; the difference between them: hardly anyone knows Titanic’s name today.
Travelling only with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash, this is the legendary story of a man who was married five times to five different girls, the oldest just eighteen on her wedding day; of a man who murdered five men, though he’d say `they’d all agree they had it coming to them’; and of a man who won and lost millions – when a pro golfer would earn $10,000 a year, he was playing single holes for $20,000.
Titanic Thompson, filled with fascinating facts and famous faces, is a brilliant snapshot of life on the road in twentieth-century America – it’s a terrific read for anyone who has ever laid a bet.
`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
Travelling only with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash, this is the legendary story of a man who was married five times to five different girls, the oldest just eighteen on her wedding day; of a man who murdered five men, though he’d say `they’d all agree they had it coming to them’; and of a man who won and lost millions – when a pro golfer would earn $10,000 a year, he was playing single holes for $20,000.
Titanic Thompson, filled with fascinating facts and famous faces, is a brilliant snapshot of life on the road in twentieth-century America – it’s a terrific read for anyone who has ever laid a bet.
`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
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