Runestone Billiards

This book takes the reader into the life and mind of pool’s greatest money player, Billy Joe Burge, known to most as "Cornbread Red". 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. 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 is a great book that reads like a story. Although not an instructional book as such, it does provide great insight into the mind of a competitor, while at the same time providing great entertainment.