Books on pool history/stories of pool

[westcoast]

I'm currently reading "Running the Table" by Jon Wertheim which is about Danny Basavich, which has been good thus far (I'm about 2/3 through it).

Once I'm finished, I plan on reading "Hustler Days" by RA Dyer.

Any other recommendations?

 

[Cdryden]

Pool Wars, Green felt jungle, banking with the beard, I'm sure there is plenty of others but that the ones that come to mind.

P.S. Banking with the Beard is a instruction book with some great stories in it, well worth the money imo.

 

[wahcheck]

The book is good but the main character is not very popular these days

I liked "Playing Off The Rail" although I think the author sprinkled in a lot of fiction and embellishments, and the main character is not looked upon with favor these days, to put it mildly......

 

[Pushout]

Do a search, you'll find at least a few threads dealing with this topic. I have a bunch but I don't have time to list them now.

 

[mnb]

I'm currently reading "Running the Table" by Jon Wertheim which is about Danny Basavich, which has been good thus far (I'm about 2/3 through it).

Once I'm finished, I plan on reading "Hustler Days" by RA Dyer.

Any other recommendations?

"Billiards" by John Grissim

 

[Mitchxout]

The Mcgoorty book.

 

[Pushout]

Here: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=223421&highlight=Pool+Books

 

[westcoast]

Here: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=223421&highlight=Pool+Books

Thanks for posting the link!

 

[Bob Jewett]

Here are some other threads along a similar line:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=117178
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=94390
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=47303

Lots of these are available at used.addall.com which looks for used books on a lot of other sites. There is an associated new book search service. The books by Grissim and Fensch are sometimes tough to find.

 

[jungledude]

The Green Felt Jungle

:thumbup: Out of priny but my grandson sells them on e-bay, new .

 

[Secaucus Fats]

Here's a few other books that I have read and recommend..

Cornbread Red -- Pool's Greatest Money Player by Bob Henning

The Hustler & The Champ: Willie Mosconi, Minnesota Fats, and the Rivalry that Defined Pool by R. A. Dyer

Road Player: The Danny Diliberto Story by Jerry Forsyth

 

[1pocket]

Not a book, and more to answer your question than toot my horn, but Onepocket.org has a pretty good series of interviews with old time players in their own words:
http://www.onepocket.org/RonnieAllenInterview.htm
http://www.onepocket.org/EddieTaylorInterview.htm
and about another 15 more