It was actually a very nice little book done by a gift book company. They illustrated it with pictures from 1920s football, before there were face guards.
He wanted to be a lawyer, couldn't afford it, so he started dealing to go to college - good intention.
Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that it has changed your outlook in some ways. And not necessarily made you a better human being but made you see things.

