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Review Richard Carleton Hacker is...one of the most prolific pipe and cigar book writers of the 20th century... -- Smokeshop Magazine Richard Carleton Hacker, one of the world's most widely recognized authors and authorities on pipes and pipesmoking... -- Piber & Tobak Product Description The author who reintroduced America to pipesmoking has done it again with his newest book. The 165-page softcover contains over 90 never before-seen color and black & white photographs with chapters on pipemaking, buying, smoking (including a step-by-step guide to lighting up), tobaccos, and a "Tobacco Taster's Menu of Blends," describing over 100 commercially available pipe blends. There is even a Pipesmoker's Sourcebook with publications and organizations. About the Author Richard Carleton Hacker is one of the world's foremost authorities on the subjects of pipe smoking and pipe collecting. In addition to Rare Smoke, he is the author of The Ultimate Pipe Book (U.S., British, and German editions), the internationally acclaimed "bible" for pipe aficionados. The author is a member of France's honorary pipe society, the Confrérie des Maîtres-Pipiers de Saint-Claude and the prestigious Académie Internationale de la Pipe. In 1994 he was knighted by the International Tobacco Collegium as Germany's Pipe Knight of the Year.