Willie's Game: An Autobiography

A "fascinating" memoir by America's greatest professional billiards player, a child prodigy in the pool halls of the 1930s who became a world champion (Library Journal).

Willie Mosconi's father never wanted him to play billiards. At night, the boy would lie awake listening to the clatter of balls downstairs in the family pool hall, and when his father wasn't around, he would climb onto an apple crate to practice his shots. When his dad started locking up the balls and cue, young Willie impr...