Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything

by Kevin Cook

Book Overview

Born in a log cabin in the Ozarks, Alvin "Titanic" Thompson (1892-1974) traveled with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash. He won and lost millions playing cards, dice, golf, pool, and dangerous games of his own invention. He killed five men and married five women, each one a teenager on her wedding day. He ruled New York's underground craps games in the 1920s and was Damon Runyon's model for slick-talking Sky Masterson. Dominating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393071154
• ISBN13: 9780393071153
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.6"