{"product_id":"9781450045339","title":"Fifty Years a Hooker","description":"The stories in \u003ci\u003eFifty Years a Hooker\u003c\/i\u003e range from dramatic, nerve-pounding accounts of shark hunts to tales of comic misadventures, involving a host of eccentric characters who could not resist the pull of Frank Mundus´ legendary \"idiot magnet\". Mundus´ extensive compilation accurately reflects the book´s title. He was, indeed, a hooker. For fifty years he sold his services, took good care of his customers and saw to it that they had a good time, hoping that they went away satisfied and would come back again.    \u003cp\u003eAmong the stories you´ll find in \u003ci\u003eFifty Years a Hooker\u003c\/i\u003e are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhite Shark, White Pineapple.\u003c\/b\u003e The agony of waiting for the right writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow I Got Started Shark Fishing.\u003c\/b\u003e How a broken arm and two train wrecks kept me on the  right track for a fishing career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003ePelican\u003c\/i\u003e Disaster.\u003c\/b\u003e My involvement in one of the worst maritime disasters off Long Island. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Hoffman and the Case of the Lost White Shark.\u003c\/b\u003e The zany fishing misadventures of my friend, Harry Hoffman, and me. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 4,500 lb. White Shark.\u003c\/b\u003e My mate, my customers and I fight one of the largest whites ever taken commercially by harpoon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Gimbel.\u003c\/b\u003e The first man who swam with sharks, while I rode shotgun.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClose Calls.\u003c\/b\u003e The time an ice-cream cone saved my life, plus other close calls. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTap-Tap.\u003c\/b\u003e The time I hollered at Jackie Onassis for jay-walking on the island of St. Maarten.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe St. Maarten Sting: Or, How I Sold the \u003ci\u003eCricket III\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Borrowing a storyline from the movie \u003ci\u003eThe Sting\u003c\/i\u003e, I sell my other boat and outsmart a couple of Caribbean pirates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePortrait of the Artist as an Idiot.\u003c\/b\u003e A mysterious artist (who lost the Mayor of Shelter Island´s bust!) claims me as his muse for a watercolor of a white shark. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMundus of Arabia.\u003c\/b\u003e A Saudi Prince hires me to pioneer shark fishing in the Red Sea. I   just miss a public beheading and narrowly escape one year in jail.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 3,427-lb White Shark.\u003c\/b\u003e  In 1986 I achieve my lifetime ambition of catching the largest fish of any kind on rod and reel, with the help of some seasoned mates and an experienced angler. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePistol-Whipped by the Law.\u003c\/b\u003e A mate´s dog and his ex-wife set off a chain reaction which culminates in my arrest for possession of a firearm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree-time Loser, Fourth-time Winner.\u003c\/b\u003e The two happiest times in a man´s life are when he buys a boat and sells it . . . and sells it and sells it, and hopefully sells it again, like I did! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGetting to the Heart of Things.\u003c\/b\u003e I remarry, burn my snow shoes and retire to Hawaii, where  I plant pineapples and fruit trees, adopt a orphaned 350 lb. wild boar, and survive open-heart surgery, aneurysm repair and prostate cancer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy South African Shark Safari.\u003c\/b\u003e In which I travel to South Africa with the Discovery Channel and hook up with white sharks once more—this time through the lens of a camera.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155534495984,"sku":"9781450045339","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450045339_p0.jpg?v=1763836528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450045339","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}