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In the early twentieth century, along the Mississippi River, the youngest child of a railroad engineer began a life journey that was marked by events shaping the years leading the United States into a...
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In the early twentieth century, along the Mississippi River, the youngest child of a railroad engineer began a life journey that was marked by events shaping the years leading the United States into a...
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At the age of twelve, he became a protégé of a part-time pool hustler known at Tennessee Brown. Brown was a respected pillar of his community but had an opposite persona when he traveled away from home. Brown saw a natural talent in Fred, combined with the boy's inherent brashness and courage in situations in which most boys his age would wither.
Brown introduces Fred to the less-than-conventional world of gambling on one's self and abilities. He realized that Fred's work ethic, determination, and energy could be molded into a formidable opponent of those players confusing skill with youth. In his image, he created the prodigy known as Young Tennessee Brown.
Fred enlarged this talent into a life that filled the years of a century that saw soaring prosperity, Prohibition, the despair of a Depression, world wars, and a string of years that created the greatest nation in the world.