ISBN:
9781560241119
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (272 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Understanding the Male Hustler
DDC:
306.74/3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book is a serious study of male hustlers using experiential dialogue to introduce the reader to real-life concepts and experiences that otherwise could not be effectively conveyed. An intriguing attempt to get into the mind and personality of the male hustler through a largely imagined series of dialogues between a well-known fictional hustler and his so-called amanuensis, Samuel Steward, this unique book covers all aspects of the hustler's motivations, activities, life style, adjustments, advantages, and disadvantages. It accomplishes this dispassionately, without prejudgment, moral cens
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: Investigating Hustlers; Selected References; Chapter I: Genesis; Chapter II: Backwards, Turn Backwards, O Time ...; Chapter III: Portrait of the Hustler as a Young Man; 1. A Thing of Beauty: The Lily Gilded; Chapter IV: Little Lamb [or Tyger]: What Made Thee [Start It]?; Chapter V: How Do I Get to the Primrose Path from Here?; 1. Some Generalizations; 2. The Uses of the Thumb; 3. Trucks Stop... Anywhere; Chapter VI: I Will. I Won't. Maybe. I'm a Specialist; Chapter VII: Shoppers of the Night
Description / Table of Contents:
1. A Very Few Points of LightChapter VIII: Power; Chapter IX: Literary Illuminations: Portrait of the Ideal Hustler; Chapter X: Behind the Green Door: What Do They Actually Do?; 1. In the Kingdom of the Blind; 2. A Hustler's Kama Sutra: How to Produce Golden Eggs; Chapter XI: Sailing on Perilous Seas: Hustling in the Dark Age; 1. Help from Mr. Bell and an Ancient Invention; 2. Either Brave, Foolish, Stupid, Gullible, or Young; Chapter XII: The Mystery of the Hidden Linkage; Chapter XIII: In Faerie Lands Forlorn: Is It Then at an End?; A Modest Bibliography; Consultants; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
