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A treasury of amazing shots, inside secrets, and favorite stories from the renowned pool and billiards writer-the perfect armchair companion for would-be pool sharks everywhere. Index; diagrams and photographs.
About the Author
Robert Byrne is the author of seven novels, five collections of humorous quotations, seven books on billiards, two anthologies, and an expose of frauds in the literary world. One of his novels, Thrill, was made into NBC’s Monday Night Movie, which aired for the first time on May 20, 1996. Four of his novels were selections of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books and published in many languages. His style is widely praised for its clarity and wit. Byrne’s Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, published in 1978 and expanded in 1998, has sold over 400,000 copies. In the world of pool and billiards, his books, hundreds of instructional magazine articles, six videotapes (shot on sound stages in Burbank and Hollywood, California), have established him as the preeminent teacher and commentator. As a player, he has won tournaments in almost every form of the game. He finished third in the National Professional Three-Cushion Championship in 1977 held in North Hollywood. In 1999, he won both the National Amateur and the National Senior billiard tournaments. His contributions to billiards and pool were recognized when he was awarded the greatest honor in the sport: induction into the Billiard Congress of America’s Hall of Fame. The honor, for Meritorious Service, was bestowed on July 21, 2001, at the Las Vegas Hilton at a banquet closing the annual world billiard trade show. He was inducted with many-times world billiard champion Raymond Ceulemans of Belgium. Byrne was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa, spent forty years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and returned to Dubuque in 1996, where he now lives with his wife Cindy, a painter and graphic artist. After graduating with a civil engineering degree from the University of Colorado in 1954, he edited a trade journal in the heavy construction industry. He became a full-time writer in 1977.
A treasury of amazing shots, inside secrets, and favorite stories from the renowned pool and billiards writer-the perfect armchair companion for would-be pool sharks everywhere. Index; diagrams and photographs.
About the Author
Robert Byrne is the author of seven novels, five collections of humorous quotations, seven books on billiards, two anthologies, and an expose of frauds in the literary world. One of his novels, Thrill, was made into NBC’s Monday Night Movie, which aired for the first time on May 20, 1996. Four of his novels were selections of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books and published in many languages. His style is widely praised for its clarity and wit. Byrne’s Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, published in 1978 and expanded in 1998, has sold over 400,000 copies. In the world of pool and billiards, his books, hundreds of instructional magazine articles, six videotapes (shot on sound stages in Burbank and Hollywood, California), have established him as the preeminent teacher and commentator. As a player, he has won tournaments in almost every form of the game. He finished third in the National Professional Three-Cushion Championship in 1977 held in North Hollywood. In 1999, he won both the National Amateur and the National Senior billiard tournaments. His contributions to billiards and pool were recognized when he was awarded the greatest honor in the sport: induction into the Billiard Congress of America’s Hall of Fame. The honor, for Meritorious Service, was bestowed on July 21, 2001, at the Las Vegas Hilton at a banquet closing the annual world billiard trade show. He was inducted with many-times world billiard champion Raymond Ceulemans of Belgium. Byrne was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa, spent forty years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and returned to Dubuque in 1996, where he now lives with his wife Cindy, a painter and graphic artist. After graduating with a civil engineering degree from the University of Colorado in 1954, he edited a trade journal in the heavy construction industry. He became a full-time writer in 1977.
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WHILE POOL AND BILLIARDS will almost certainly never again achieve the level of popularity they enjoyed during the so-called Golden Age of the game-from about 1890 to 1930-there are reasons for believing that the current boom is not just a flash in the pan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
straight billiards, box billiards, two object balls, cue games, thin hit, fourth rail, straight pool, rebound angle, pool stories, third diamond, full hit, pocket billiards, trick shots, world tournament, first rail, end rail, safety play, second rail, more rails, grand average, ivory balls, four rails, billiard players, high run Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sang Lee, United States, Willie Hoppe, New York, San Francisco, Welker Cochran, Jake Schaefer, Jay Bozeman, Mike Shamos, Minnesota Fats, Raymond Ceulemans, Accu-Stats Video Productions, Billiards Digest, Golden Age, Mike Massey, The Hustler, Willie Mosconi, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Billiard Congress of America, Fast Eddie, Rick Wright, The Billiard Encyclopedia, Walter Tevis, World Cup New!
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WHILE POOL AND BILLIARDS will almost certainly never again achieve the level of popularity they enjoyed during the so-called Golden Age of the game-from about 1890 to 1930-there are reasons for believing that the current boom is not just a flash in the pan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
straight billiards, box billiards, two object balls, cue games, thin hit, fourth rail, straight pool, rebound angle, pool stories, third diamond, full hit, pocket billiards, trick shots, world tournament, first rail, end rail, safety play, second rail, more rails, grand average, ivory balls, four rails, billiard players, high run Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sang Lee, United States, Willie Hoppe, New York, San Francisco, Welker Cochran, Jake Schaefer, Jay Bozeman, Mike Shamos, Minnesota Fats, Raymond Ceulemans, Accu-Stats Video Productions, Billiards Digest, Golden Age, Mike Massey, The Hustler, Willie Mosconi, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Billiard Congress of America, Fast Eddie, Rick Wright, The Billiard Encyclopedia, Walter Tevis, World Cup New!
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- The Science of Pocket Billiards by Jack H. Koehler on page 254, and page 255
- The Color of Money by Walter Tevis on page 244, and page 245
- Renegade: The Great Game - Book #10 (Renegade, No 10) by Thorne Ramsay on page 157
- Billiards As It Should Be Played by Willie Hoppe on page 18
- The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Community Centers, Beauty Parlors, General Stores, Bars, Hangouts and How They Get You Through the Day by Ray Oldenburg on page 6
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