Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived

Name: Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived
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ISBN: 9780060762308

ISBN-10: 0060762306

ISBN-13: 9780060762308

Edition: 2003

Authors: Amarillo Slim Preston, Greg Dinkin

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Book details

List price: $13.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction



From Arkansas to Texas-the Making of Amarillo Slim



Serving My Country (and Myself)



If You Want Some Publicity, Set Yourself on Fire



Have I Got a Proposition for You: Titanic, Runyon, Moss, and More



Doyle, Sailor, and Slim: Three Peas in a Pod Who Liked to Book and Bet (but Not Among Themselves)



It Takes a Tough Sonofabitch to Whip Me: Poker and Life as a Texas Road Gambler



A Binion, a Greek, and How Las Vegas Became the Poker Capital of the World



Another Greek, a Thackrey, and the World Series of Poker



Celebrity Has Its Perks



The River of No Return



Spit and Pull It-Leading Men and the Super Bowl of Poker



Very Seldom Do the Lambs Slaughter the Butcher-Getting Fat Overseas



A Rattlesnake, an Alligator, Pablo Escobar, and Another Trip to Idaho When I Almost Didn't Return



The Last Hand


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