{"product_id":"milk-money-how-a-queens-milkman-built-an-empire-lost-everything-and-built-it-back-9781966170242","title":"Milk Money: How a Queens Milkman Built an Empire, Lost Everything, and Built It Back","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHOW A QUEENS MILKMAN BUILT AN EMPIRE, LOST EVERYTHING, AND BUILT IT BACK \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge \"Kook\" Kryssing Sr. delivered milk at three in the morning and welded exhaust headers in his garage during the day. He had no diploma, no investors, no business plan -just scarred hands and a refusal to quit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a cramped garage on Long Island, he built Kook's Headers into a name that dominated drag strips and stock car circuits from coast to coast. Race teams lined up. Money poured in. Then came the feds, the indictments, and a heart attack in Italy that nearly killed him. He lost everything - the shop, the cars, the cash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo he went back to the garage and started over.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of his son George \"Kook\" Jr., Milk Money is the hearttelt story of a blue-collar hustler who built an empire on grit, lost it all, and proved that the only thing harder to kill than a Kook's header is the man who made them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT GEORGE \"KOOK\" KRYSSING JR.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge \"Kook\" Kryssing Jr. is the owner and operator of Kooks Headers, carrying forward the performance exhaust legacy his father started in a Long Island garage over sixty years ago. A lifelong gearhead who grew up in the shop, George has spent his career building the company into a modern manufacturing operation while honoring the handmade craftsmanship his father was known for. He lives outside Charlotte, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-18547769\"\u003eGeorge Jr. Kook Kryssing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thought Leaders Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966170242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966170246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO003000\"\u003eBusiness\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/flcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS025000\"\u003eEntrepreneurship\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thought Leaders Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54229343994153,"sku":"9781966170242","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/9781966170242.jpg?v=1790356212","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/milk-money-how-a-queens-milkman-built-an-empire-lost-everything-and-built-it-back-9781966170242","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}