The Joke Vault: Thousands of jokes for about a half pennt per joke! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781453713501)

William "Papa Bill" Ballew was born and raised in Iowa. Baby Billy was baptized by Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town. Bill joined the USAF in 1965, right after graduating from Bishop Heelan Catholic High School and served in the US Air Force in many locations, including the Philippines', Taiwan and Japan in the Far East during the Vietnam War. His hobbies include writing, weekly $20 NLH poker game with friends, golf, racquetball, archery, weightlifting, playing Pinochle, smoking an occasional cigar with his many friends plus Papa Bill plays poker at the World Series of Poker and he cashed at the WSOP in 2006, finishing 62nd out of 1,184 players. In the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, "Papa Bill" went deep but finished just short of the money while outlasting approximately 5, 400 players. Papa Bill has seven published books and has seven published books to his credit including: 1) The Unbeatable Pinochle System (1991) 2) Cigar-Versations - The Godfather Chronicles (2008) 3) Poem's of a Heart Held Captive (2009) and 4) Papa Bill's 1001 Party Favorites Joke Book (2010) and 5) The Joke Vault (2010); 6) The Unbeatable Pinochle System & Strategy System (2011); 7) That's Why They Play the Game (2012). Bill is looking to publish four to six books in 2012 and keep current his string of publishing at least one book for his fifth year in a row. "Papa Bill" Ballew currently lives in Northern California to be near his children, Julie and Nathan plus his three grand children: Alexis, Hunter and Sierra. Nathan Ballew, a co-author in his dads Joke Book series, was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona; Nathan moved to California with his family prior to High School; Nathan married the love of his life his Gabrielle, who was his High School sweetheart, too. Nathan and Gabrielle have one daughter, Alexis, who is very active in the Theater group. Nathan Ballew has been a Beta tester for unreleased video games and his other hobbies include taking multiple family vacations during the year, especially to Disneyland (the picture of Papa Bill and Nathan is from a family Disneyland trip) and Magic Mountain, playing family board games and Bar-B-Qing with family and friends on holidays and weekends, plus he enjoys big holiday events like Thanksgiving and Christmas with all their relatives. A "PAPA BILL" / IOWA HAWKEYE BOOK