From Rags to Rifleman

Reading glasses do the trick....I have a few books by European authors printed the
same way....don't need no stinkin' glasses..
...eat your hearts out....:happydance:
 
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phil dade said:
That is why I priced mine at $170 in the for sale section. I just bumped it today. It is pretty interesting but everyone is right on the small print. The way to read it is plan to read about 20 pages at a time and take it slow.
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This is good advice, I pretty much did the same thing but also had a second reason. It was so good I did not want it to end.
 
pt109 said:
Reading glasses do the trick....I have a few books by European authors printed the
same way....don't need no stinkin' glasses..
...eat your hearts out....:happydance:
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I'm 66 and got bifocals. No better:rolleyes:
 
I've bought most pool memoirs, but would not pay $200 bucks to read one. Buddy Hall's story for me is what I've read on az Billiards, onepocket.org, stories on accu-stats, YouTube videos.

Hate seeing people not release books to keep collector prices high.

Another example is winning one pocket, I'd rather get $300 worth of accu-stats videos than fork over that much cash for a book.
 
Buddy Hall will be in FL next month reunited with 5 other Legends of Pool!
Come watch him play or attend the poolschool experience !

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koreandragon said:
Buddy Hall will be in FL next month reunited with 5 other Legends of Pool!
Come watch him play or attend the poolschool experience !

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Is Buddy teaching the "art of the dump" at the pool school experience? Only you'd put on an Expo the same week as Derby City Charlie. Then again you always were a little Slooooooow.
 
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Just got a copy back in my hands. Won't make the mistake of selling it.

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daphish1 said:
I've bought most pool memoirs, but would not pay $200 bucks to read one. Buddy Hall's story for me is what I've read on az Billiards, onepocket.org, stories on accu-stats, YouTube videos.

Hate seeing people not release books to keep collector prices high.

Another example is winning one pocket, I'd rather get $300 worth of accu-stats videos than fork over that much cash for a book.
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I know what you mean, I despise everyone with a Ferrari that won't let me drive it.
 
JB Cases said:
Thank you for the deal Phil. I am in your debt.

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John,

You are very welcome. Enjoy. i have read it twice. The first time was a very long time ago and again right after I joined AZ. My wife put it somewhere and it was missing for years. Then it popped up.

All the best,
phil
 
Every serious fan of pool should read this book. I don't care if you have to get a group of friends at the pool hall to go in on a copy and then resell it, its worth it.

I remember seeing an Ebay completed listing for this book years ago at around 320 bucks though...that is brutally high for a fan with limited funds.
 
Buddy Hall Rags to Rifleman

I have one on Ebay right now. I have read it twice but it is still in good condition. It does have a lot of interesting pool stories in it.
 
Johnnyt said:
Next one out will be the "Art Of The DUMP. Johnnyt
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Didn't a couple of others have to dump it to Mike to get him to the finals ?
I never hear anything about them. He wouldn't have made it there with out
their help, right ?. Lets have their names so we can rag on them forever too.
We all know that this gave pool a black eye and sent the game back into the
dark hole it was about to crawl out of. Even though Buddy denies it and its never
been proven we here on AZ know better. So come on out with the names of all
conspirators. They have escaped justice far to long. I can still here my son as
he cried " Say it ain't so Buddy".
jack
 
After reading this thread last week i asked Buddy the other day and he said they are working getting some more published.
 
crabbcatjohn said:
After reading this thread last week i asked Buddy the other day and he said they are working getting some more published.
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Reprinting 'as is' would be ridiculous. Scan the old one-get it into a pc and REFONT it to something readable-will increase sales guaranteed!
 
crabbcatjohn said:
After reading this thread last week i asked Buddy the other day and he said they are working getting some more published.
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I also asked Buddy years ago and he said that they didn't have the rights to reprint it at the time.

I hope they do and maybe edit the second edition with bigger fonts. For pool stories this one is still the best - the rest of them written by players themselves are pamphlets.
 
JB Cases said:
I also asked Buddy years ago and he said that they didn't have the rights to reprint it at the time.

I hope they do and maybe edit the second edition with bigger fonts. For pool stories this one is still the best - the rest of them written by players themselves are pamphlets.
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I did ask him that in our conversation a few days ago and if that was a problem. He said no, he owns all the rights... Maybe the author has since passed or maybe who ever is working on it has fixed that problem. Or maybe that's just Buddy:eek:
 
In case anyone has to have the book and can't wait for the reprint, I have a copy available. It is in good condition with a dog-eared cover and first several pages. The previous author highlighted a few places but they seemed to know what they were doing and marked some good spots. It is signed by both Buddy and W.W. Woody. $120 delivered.

That's only for someone who wants to read it and not for someone who plans to resell it immediately for $200.
 
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