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  • Herbert Warren Wind's Golf Book

    Elegant and perceptive musings on the world's greatest game from the dean of American golf writersThis illuminating collection features many of Hebert Warren Wind's most famous essays, including "Jones Breaks Through," his masterful portrait of Bobby Jones's first major championship, won in an epic eighteen-hole playoff against Bobby Cruickshank at the 1923 US Open, and "North to the Links of ... Read more

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  • America's Gift to Golf

    Herbert Warren Wind on the Masters

    The dean of American golf writers pays tribute to the nation's greatest tournamentOver the course of his forty-year career at the New Yorker and Sports Illustrated, Herbert Warren Wind covered the game of golf from many different angles, providing readers with eloquent insights on the iconic courses of Scotland as well as Bing Crosby's lifelong love affair with the sport. But no aspect of golf was ... Read more

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  • Following Through

    Writings on Golf

    These essays by the legendary sports writer "put readers right in the galleries" watching "all the great golfers, from Harry Vardon to Jack Nicklaus" ( The New York Times Book Review).In this classic anthology, Herbert Warren Wind recreates Ben Hogan's stirring performance in the third round of the 1967 Masters, when the fifty-four-year-old former champion turned back the clock to birdie six of ... Read more

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  • Vardon On Golf

    by Harry Vardon ...
    Vardon on Golf is an amazing and riveting collection of the best writings of Harry Vardon. Vardon was golf's first superstar. The writings include instruction, inspiration and architecture. Vardon was a 7-time major champion and key figure in the game of golf. The Vardon Trophy is given to the PGA Tour player with the lowest scoring average and he was one of the initial inductees into the World ... Read more

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  • The Story of American Golf

    Its Champions and Championships, 1888–1975

    The classic history of golf in America beginning with the first clubs to arrive on the coast—from "golf's most respected and authoritative writer" ( Golf magazine).Widely regarded as the definitive account of America's love affair with the world's greatest game, this magisterial volume is Herbert Warren Wind's masterpiece.From John Reid, the expatriate Scotsman who imported a set of clubs and ... Read more

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  • On the Tour with Harry Sprague

    Letters of a Golf Pro to His Sponsor

    America's greatest golf writer cracks wise in this humorous peek inside the life and mind of an up-and-coming young proIf Hogan had to wait 15 years before winning the Open I guess even a natural athalete like me has to wait a couple of years huh?Harry Sprague may not be the most eloquent golfer on the winter circuit, but spelling and grammar are the least of his concerns. First, he has to work on ... Read more

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  • The Story of American Golf

    "Today, just about wherever you travel, golf courses with their green fairways, greener greens, and pristine white bunkers have become an intrinsic part of the face of America. The game has also penetrated deep into the American consciousness. Nearly fourteen million people, from every class of society, now play at least a couple of rounds a year. Most Saturdays and Sundays, from January to ... Read more

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  • Game, Set, and Match

    The Tennis Boom of the 1960s and '70s

    The leading players and outstanding matches of two thrilling decades in tennis historyFrom Rod Laver's amateur Grand Slam in 1962 to the first US Open held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, legendary sportswriter Herbert Warren Wind captures the grace and drama of modern tennis in this brilliant collection drawn from the pages of the New Yorker.The era's biggest names, including ... Read more

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  • The Gilded Age of Sport, 1945–1960

    From gridiron to diamond, lawn to green, a legendary sportswriter captures the wins, losses, and draws of an exciting period in American sports historyThroughout his long and distinguished career, Herbert Warren Wind covered many of the most dramatic contests and iconic athletes of the twentieth century. Inspired by Paul Gallico's classic dispatches from the golden age of the 1920s and '30s, The ... Read more

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  • Unfinished Business

    On and Off the Court with the 1990–91 Boston Celtics

    by Jack McCallum ...
    NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jack McCallum (DREAM TEAM) gives an inside look at the legendary Boston Celtics during a season of change."One of the five best NBA books ever written."—Bill Simmons, ESPNIn the 1990-91 basketball season, the Boston Celtics were a team in transition, both on and off the court. Jack McCallum, also the author of the critically-acclaimed SEVEN SECONDS OR LESS, ... Read more

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  • The Only Game in Town

    Sportswriting from The New Yorker

    Edited by David Remnick ...
    For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench, including such authors as Roger Angell, John Updike, Don DeLillo, and John McPhee. Hall of Famer Ring Lardner is here, bemoaning the lowering of standards for baseball achievement ... Read more

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