Download or read book The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told written by Jeff Silverman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift for anybody who has ever swung a club or marveled at the skill of touring professionals on television, The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told is a compulsively readable collection of some of the most entertaining and insightful stories on the subject of golf. Contributions include some well-known works from renowned writers of the genre, such as Dan Jenkins, Herbert Warren Wind, and John Updike, as well as some rare, lesser-known gems from George Plimpton, Bud Shrake, and the great F. Scott Fitzgerald. The thirty stories in this fascinating collection will lead you from tee to green, avoiding the bunkers while illustrating in vivid detail—through true and fictional tales—all the humor, drama, excitement, and emotion the game of golf is so richly steeped in.
Download or read book The Best Golf Stories Ever Told written by Julie Ganz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive collection of stories, each of which captures a different facet of the game of golf. Some of the best golfers in the history of the sport as well as those who have established themselves as aficionados through their writing or commentary all offer their stories from both on and off the course. Together they articulate the passion as well as the frustrations behind one of the world’s most popular sports. The Best Golf Stories Ever Told is a book for golf fans and players alike who share a love for the game. This is part of the well-established The Best Stories series of books, each of which is selectively edited and handcrafted to include only the best stories from the best writers of the genre. “What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.” —Arnold Palmer
Download or read book The Best Golf Stories Ever Told written by Julie Ganz and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive collection of stories, each of which captures a different facet of the game of golf. Some of the best golfers in the history of the sport as well as those who have established themselves as aficionados through their writing or commentary all offer their stories from both on and off the course. Together they articulate the passion as well as the frustrations behind one of the world's most popular sports. The Best Golf Stories Ever Told is a book for golf fans and players alike who share a love for the game. This is part of the well-established The Best Stories series of books, each of which is selectively edited and handcrafted to include only the best stories from the best writers of the genre. "What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive." --Arnold Palmer Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports--books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book And Then Jack Said to Arnie A Collection of the Greatest True Golf Stories of All Time written by Don Wade and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1992-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reading these books is like being in the locker room with the greatest players and storytellers in golf history. So sit back and enjoy it." -- Lee Trevino "Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story. Thanks to Don Wade's series of books, now we can have unlimited mulligans on our scorecards." -- Jim Nantz, CBS Sports I've been telling Don Wade my stories for all these years and I'm glad to see he's finally put them to good use." -- Sam Snead "All the great golf stories you've hoped to hear or read--and now you can." -- Dave Anderson New York Times "Whether you've just taken up the game of golf or played it all your life, you'll treasure this book and the stories it has to tell." -- Amy Alcott Don Wade, a senior editor at Golf Digest magazine, has been covering professional golf and collecting true stories about the game since the 1970s. He has written articles for such publications as the New York Times and the Boston Globe as well as books with Ken Venturi, Sam Snead, Amy Alcott, and Nancy Lopez. Illustrator Paul Szep is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and author of two collections of editorial cartoons.
Download or read book And Then Justin Told Sergio written by Don Wade and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2002 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this latest addition to his hugely popular series, Wade brings readers more entertaining real-life stories from the greatest golfers ever to play the game. 35 line drawings.
Download or read book Tales from Augusta s Fairways written by Jim Hawkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peer beyond the high, thick hedges of Augusta National Golf Club for an intimate, entertaining glimpse of the classic cathedral that is home to golf's most venerable, unique event. In this newly-revised edition of Tales from Augusta’s Fairways, Jim Hawkins and Robert Hartman capture all the power and passion that have inspired golfers to flock to Georgia for generations. From Gene Sarazen's 1935 double-eagle that put Augusta National on the map, to Tiger Woods's Grand Slam victory in 2001, from the tragic collapses of Greg Norman and Jordan Spieth to the heart-warming story of Jose Maria Olazabal, Tales from Augusta’s Fairways takes an inside look at a course that has changed the game. Readers will share the dream with Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts, walk the green with Jack Nicklaus, take a swing with Arnold Palmer, and putt with thousands of hopefuls who have made the Masters the most revered, most prestigious golf tournament in the world. Without a doubt, this is a must-have for any golf fan.
Download or read book And Then Seve Told Freddie written by Don Wade and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth book in the popular "And Then Jack Said to Arnie . . ". series brings out of the locker room and onto the first tee a delightful treasury of the greatest true golf stories ever told. 20 line drawings.
Download or read book The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told written by Jeff Silverman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-seven essays, profiles, and stories about America's pastime.
Download or read book The Greatest Player Who Never Lived written by J. Michael Veron and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Charley Hunter goes to work as a summer intern at a prestigious Atlanta law firm, he has no idea that his passion for golf will come into play on the job. Stumbling onto a yellowed file containing correspondence between Beau Stedman, an astonishingly talented teenage golfer, and the legendary Bobby Jones (once a partner at the firm), Hunter finds himself embroiled in a decades-old murder case–and searching for an invisible champion who won nearly all his matches with the masters. As Hunter unravels the facts of Stedman’s case, his hunger for the truth is matched only by his deepening reverence for the game, one that leads him to a heart-stopping courtroom showdown between golf’s most powerful association and a family torn apart by buried secrets.
Download or read book Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told written by Darren Brown and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To reach freedom, the most famous escapers of all time have been willing to endure the most horrific conditions—and the direst consequences if caught. The collection of tales in The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told is gripping as only true life-and-death struggles can be: Papillon fighting through the jungles of Guiana only to commit himself to the open ocean in a sixteen-foot boat rather than face a life in exile; Rocky Gause dodging bullets as he swims through shark-infested waters to escape the Japanese at Bataan, while those around him simply quit; Latude battling against the dreaded Bastille; Baron Trenck—with chains covering almost every inch of his body—digging and digging to free himself from wrongful imprisonment; Andre Devigny, so weak from starvation and poor treatment that he could barely lift himself, shimmying across a rope only yards above a German sentry during World War II on the eve of his execution. These are just a few of the twenty-five bold and ingenious tales of escape included in this collection. The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told will hold readers captive for years to come!
Download or read book Making the Masters written by David Barrett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contested the second weekend in April each year since 1934, the Masters is the world’s most prestigious golf tournament and most-watched tournament on television. Tickets are in such demand that even the waiting list is closed, and players value the title above all others. In Making the Masters, award-winning golf writer David Barrett focuses his attention on how the Masters was conceived, how it got off the ground in 1934, and how it fully established itself in 1935. The key figure in the tournament’s creation and success was Bobby Jones, who was a living legend after winning the Grand Slam in 1930 and immediately retiring at the age of twenty-eight. He went on to found Augusta National and sought a high-profile tournament for his new course. But nearly as important was Clifford Roberts, a banker friend of Jones who not only embraced Jones’s vision but became his right-hand man in working to bring that vision to reality. Barrett explores how Jones and Roberts built the Masters from scratch, creating a golf institution embellished by the often surprising details of what that entailed as they were trying to establish a golf club and golf tournament in tough economic times. It also vividly chronicles the events of the 1934 and 1935 Masters, with Gene Sarazen’s spectacular victory in 1935 providing the climax. Set against the backdrop of golf, and America, in the 1930s, the book provides an informative and entertaining read for fans of the Masters and students of golf history.
Download or read book And Then Arnie Told Chi Chi written by Don Wade and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once in a while I substitute my name into the stories and impress my friends with all the fun stuff that has happened to me." -- Gary McCord CBS Sports "Lots of hearty laughs. . . . Recommended for sports collections." -- Library Journal This new collection from the author of the bestselling "And Then Jack Said to Arnie . . . " brings out the locker room and onto the tee an engaging treasury of more than 200 of the greatest golf stories every told--stories about tough lies, great putts, and amazing recoveries--from the game's greats: Ben Hogan, Nancy Lopez, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tommy Bolt, Fred Couples, Lee Trevino, and others. You will learn about Harvey Penick's advice to a young Tom Kite, the humorous antics of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby at the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links, Jack Nicklaus's superstitions, and Seve Ballesteros's bout with the press. From Augusta National to Royal St. George's, this entertaining, intimate, and just plain funny book will take you onto some of the best courses alongside the greatest players in the world. Don Wade, a senior editor at Golf Digest magazine, has been covering professional golf and collecting true stories about the game since the 1970s. He has written books with Ken Venturi, Sam Snead, Amy Alcott, and Nancy Lopez. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut. Paul Szep is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.
Download or read book The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told written by Jeff Silverman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every once in a while, a book publisher comes up with a great concept for a series of books that deserve more than superficial recognition. Such a series is The Greatest (fill in the blank) Stories Ever Told, anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such stories make great reading." -The Lexington County Chronicle "THE GREATEST BOXING STORIES EVER TOLD assembles some of the best writing available on the sweet science and illuminates boxing in all its literal and symbolic glory. Each piece in this varied collection connects with the sort of powerful punch one can only expect from the world's greatest writers." -Boxing Digest In THE GREATEST BOXING STORIES EVER TOLD, editor Jeff Silverman delivers a knockout collection of not only the best writing ever penned on the subject of "the sweet science," but also stories that relate to the larger human issues the brutal sport has come to embody. Whether the story be about the triumph of a heroic champion, a tragic death in the ring, the shady tactics of fight promoters, or victories against seemingly impossible odds, each story in this varied collection connects powerfully with the reader. THE GREATEST BOXING STORIES EVER TOLD is the perfect gift for fight fans and non-fight fans alike, and with its allstar lineup of "contenders" throwing "haymakers" and "uppercuts" in every round, it stands as the definitive volume of short stories on this enduring pugilistic pastime.
Download or read book And Then Fuzzy Told Seve written by Don Wade and published by Contemporary Books. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wade tees up with another memorable collection of real-life stories from the greatest golfers ever to play the game. This book brings together living legends, past champions, and current top-of-the-leader-board stars in one entertaining book of true tales. 20 line drawings.
Download or read book Born on the Links written by John Williamson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born on the Links encompasses the entire 600-year history of golf, from the links in Scotland in the fifteenth century up to the present. It not only covers golf’s origins, evolution, and development of the rules, equipment, and playing fields, but also features accounts of its greatest players and historic events.
Download or read book And Then Arnie Told Chi Chi written by Don Wade and published by Audio Literature. This book was released on 1996-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection from the author of the bestselling And Then Jack Said to Arnie . . . brings out of the locker room and onto the tee an engaging treasury of more than 200 of the greatest golf stories ever told from the game's greats: Ben Hogan, Nancy Lopez, Fred Couples, and others. From Augusta National to Royal St. George, this entertaining, intimate and funny audio takes you onto some of the best courses alongside the greatest players in the world.
Download or read book The Quotable Golfer written by Robert Windeler and published by Running Press Book Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of quotes covering things ever said about America's favourite pastime. Includes more than 800 quotations from professional and amateur golfers, celebrities and public figures of yesterday and today.
