Talking on Tour

The Best Anecdotes from Golf's Master Storyteller

Don Wade (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

491 Seiten

2003 | New edition
Contemporary Books Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8092-9474-9 (ISBN)

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Presents a collection of stories that intends to capture the essence of golf. This title includes: Sam Snead's historic round with former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill; Tom Weiskopf's faux pas when he met Great Britain's Princess Margaret; and, Bobby Jones' heroic struggle with the disease that wasted his body and eventually claimed his life.

'Guaranteed to make you the life of your weekly foursome. Don Wade will remind you of why you fell in love with the game of golf in the first place' - Matt Lauer, cohost, "Today". Golf's master storyteller Don Wade has entertained sports fans with his often hilarious, sometimes moving, but always true golf stories in his bestselling "And Then Jack Said to Arnie ..." series. Now available in paperback, "Talking on Tour" is a collection of the absolute best from the first eight volumes, showcased in one deluxe edition."Talking on Tour" is filled with heartwarming, off-the-cuff stories that capture the essence of America's most popular pastime. Here you will read about: Sam Snead's historic round with former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill; Tom Weiskopf's faux pas when he met Great Britain's Princess Margaret; Bobby Jones' heroic struggle with the disease that wasted his body and eventually claimed his life; Tommy Bolt's struggles (in vain) to control his temper; and much more. "Talking on Tour" brings you onto the green and inside the clubhouse with stories that celebrate the people, the camaraderie, and the great spirit of the game.

Don Wade, a former senior editor at Golf Digest, is the author of the nine golf-story collections in the bestselling "And Then Jack Said to Arnie..." series. Covering professional golf since the 1970s, he has worked as a feature writer for CBS Sports and NBC Sports and as a golf analyst for the USA Network. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times and the Boston Globe. Illustrator Paul Szep, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Boston Globe, has published thirteen collections of cartoons.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.3.2003
Reihe/Serie	"And Then Jack Said to Arnie..." S.
Illustrationen	Paul Szep
Zusatzinfo	cartoons
Verlagsort	Chicago, IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 223 mm
Gewicht	739 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Golf
ISBN-10	0-8092-9474-5 / 0809294745
ISBN-13	978-0-8092-9474-9 / 9780809294749
Zustand	Neuware