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Pimp the story of my life

This is the story of Iceberg Slim's life, as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. A trip through hell by the one man who lived to tell the tale. The dangers of jail, addiction and death that are still all too familiar.

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Main Author:	Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	[United States] : Cash Money Content, 2011.
Edition:	Trade pbk. ed.
Subjects:	Iceberg Slim, > 1918-1992. African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Biography. Pimps > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
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Summary:	This is the story of Iceberg Slim's life, as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it. A trip through hell by the one man who lived to tell the tale. The dangers of jail, addiction and death that are still all too familiar.
Physical Description:	xii, 302 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	9781451617139 (pbk.) 1451617135 (pbk.) 9781451617146 (ebk.) 1451617143 (ebk.)
Author Notes:	Iceberg Slim, also known as Robert Beck, was born in Chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the life of the pimp at age eighteen. He briefly attended the Tuskegee Institute but dropped out to return to the streets of the South Side, where he remained, pimping until he was forty-two. After several stints in jail he decided to give up the life and turned to writing. Slim folded his life into the pages of seven books based on his life. Catapulted into the public eye, Slim became a new American hero, known for speaking the truth whether that truth was ugly, sexy, rude, or blunt. He published six more books based on his life and Slim died at age 73 in 1992; one day before the Los Angeles riots.