The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told: Thirty Amazing Tales From The Links

by Jeff Silverman (Editor)

Overview

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 reading 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 Gary McCord, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592280889
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2003
Series:	Greatest
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jeff Silverman, a former columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and several national magazines. He is also editor of The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told, Lardner on Baseball, The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told, Classic Golf Stories, Bernard Darwin on Golf, and The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
	What Golf Is	1
	The Only Two Acceptable Theories	5
	The Golfomaniac	11
	The Charm of Golf	15
	Stark	19
	The Way the Ball Bounces	27
	The Long Hole	33
	Winter Dreams	49
	Mr. Frisbie	71
	Dressing the Part for Golf	83
	Over the Wire Is Out of Bounds	93
	September 20, 1913	103
	The Greatest of Golfers	115
	Back to Cherry Hills	119
	Day of Glory for a Golden Oldie	131
	The Carry	139
	They Might Be Giants	143
	A Good Walk Spoiled	155
	The Rivercliff Golf Killings	167
	Titanic Thompson	175
	Big Divorces and Small Divots	189
	Care to Join Our Little Old Game?	199
	Golf with the Boss	205
	Goldfinger	219
	The Finest Course of All	241
	Workers, Arise! Shout Fore	245
	Left-Handed Golf Courses: Our Greatest Need	251
	The Humors of Golf	255
	The Wooden Putter	269
	The Bliss of Golf	281
	About the Editor	285
	Permissions Acknowledgments	286

Editorial Reviews

"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

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