classic book on pool - forgot name

[JDog_1]

What's the name of that book from the 40's/50's that details the pool hustler/bum life from a sociological perspective?

 

[Pushout]

What's the name of that book from the 40's/50's that details the pool hustler/bum life from a sociological perspective?

Hustlers, Beats, and Others by Ned Polski. From late '60s, I think. It's been reprinted. Should be Polsky. Drat.

 

[Mick56]

What's the name of that book from the 40's/50's that details the pool hustler/bum life from a sociological perspective?

Hustlers, Beats & Others by Ned Polsky? Copyright was 1967.

 

[Tom In Cincy]

This is what came to mind...

Danny McGorrty "A Billiards Hustler's Life" co-wrote by Robert Byrne


http://www.amazon.com/McGoorty-Bill...7970343?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177707573&sr=1-1

 

[Pushout]

Just an aside, Hustlers, Beats, and Others can be a bit expensive from certain rare book dealers. Because of the section on the beat authors, even the earlier paper backs can be pricey. I've seen original first edition hard covers listed at over $100, and that was several years ago. I have a paper back copy, so I haven't priced it lately.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Just an aside, Hustlers, Beats, and Others can be a bit expensive from certain rare book dealers. Because of the section on the beat authors, even the earlier paper backs can be pricey. I've seen original first edition hard covers listed at over $100, and that was several years ago. I have a paper back copy, so I haven't priced it lately.

If you get Hustlers, Beats and Others, get the new edition in paperback. It has an updated and expanded section about what happened to pool in the 30 years between the two editions. (1998, Globe/Pequot Press or Lyons Press) There are copies available on the used book sites for less than $20. There were five or six printings, and there seems to have been a release in 2006 from Aldine/Transactions.

Ned Polsky was an avid fan of pool and billiards.

 

[Pushout]

If you get Hustlers, Beats and Others, get the new edition in paperback. It has an updated and expanded section about what happened to pool in the 30 years between the two editions. (1998, Globe/Pequot Press or Lyons Press) There are copies available on the used book sites for less than $20. There were five or six printings, and there seems to have been a release in 2006 from Aldine/Transactions.

Ned Polsky was an avid fan of pool and billiards.

Thanks, Bob. I didn't know that.