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The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America and the story of golf
Mark Frost
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Description for The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America and the story of golf
Paperback. The story of a golfing legend who became the most famous US sportsman of his era, and his abrupt retirement at the age of 28. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16pp of int. BIC Classification: WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 290.
In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, an amateur golfer began a decade of unparalleled achievement, seeming a ray of light in an otherwise depressed America. Bobby Jones won the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the US Open and the US Amateur Championship. A new phrase was born: The Grand Slam. A modest, sensitive man, a lawyer from a middle-class Atlanta family, Bobby Jones had barely survived a sickly childhood, and took up golf at the age of five for health reasons. Jones made his debut at the US Amateur Championship in 1916 and his genius was ... Read more
In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, an amateur golfer began a decade of unparalleled achievement, seeming a ray of light in an otherwise depressed America. Bobby Jones won the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the US Open and the US Amateur Championship. A new phrase was born: The Grand Slam. A modest, sensitive man, a lawyer from a middle-class Atlanta family, Bobby Jones had barely survived a sickly childhood, and took up golf at the age of five for health reasons. Jones made his debut at the US Amateur Championship in 1916 and his genius was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751535754
SKU
V9780751535754
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Mark Frost
Mark Frost is the author of THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED, THE LIST OF SEVEN, THE SIX MESSIAHS and BEFORE I WAKE. He has written and produced several television series, including Hill Street Blues and Twin Peaks.
Reviews for The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America and the story of golf
[Mark Frost's] first book on golf was, darn it, as close to perfection as any author can hope to attain . . . [THE GRAND SLAM] is unquestionably the golf book of the year
IRISH TIMES
The second book, like the second album, is supposed to be the hard one and after the massive success of THE GREATEST ... Read more
IRISH TIMES
The second book, like the second album, is supposed to be the hard one and after the massive success of THE GREATEST ... Read more