"/ don't live by the'month, by the week, or even by the day -I live by the game.'
-Cornbread Red
From the fields of Kentucky...
Born to a sharecropping family during the great depression, cornbread red's early talent for billiards WAS ENCOURAGED AND HIS PASSION TO WIN MADE him a favorite among betting men. in a fast, thrilling, and sometimes dangerous culture, red learned the "rules of the road" from hustlers, gamblers, con-men, and champions.
This book takes the reader into the life and mind of pool's greatest money player. taste the excitement of high-stakes gambling as you go head-to-head in competition! be there when the cues are chalked, the stakes are raised, and the nine-ball rolls into the corner pocket!
...To the lights of las vegas
"This book tells it the way it happened."
-Cornbread Red
BOB HENNING WAS A COMBAT INFANTRYMAN IN VIETNAM WHEN RED BECAME FAMOUS. TODAY, BOB LIVES IN MICHIGAN WITH HIS WIFE AND DOGS. HE PLAYS TOURNAMENT POOL AND HARDLY EVER GAMBLES.