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Golf: The Marvelous Mania Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Alistair Cooke; Afterword by Jerry Tarde; Foreword by Jack Nicklaus

A legendary journalist and beloved television host shares his lifelong passion for the game of golf, in this this new collection of his best writing on the sport.


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Legendary journalist and beloved TV host Alistair Cooke shares his life-long passion for golf in this stunning collection of his best writing on the sport he loved most. On a fateful day in 1964, Alistair Cooke was dragged into Van Cortland Park in New York City to play his first game of golf. He was immediately hooked, and golf became his greatest passion, even though he called it "a method of self-torture, disguised as a game." No one has written more brilliantly or more lovingly about golf than he does here in this collection. Golf gathers together for the first time the best of Cooke's pieces on what he called "the marvelous mania" and showcases the incomparable wit and mischievous charm that made Cooke one of the greatest journalists and broadcasters of the twentieth century. Languish in his prose as he describes Arnold Palmer playing in 102-degree heat in San Antonio, dapper Gary Player winning the US Open at Creve Coeur, Missouri, and Jack Nicklaus playing--and winning--almost everywhere. This is a book no golfer--pro or amateur--should be without.

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  • Title Golf: The Marvelous Mania
  • Author Alistair Cooke; Afterword by Jerry Tarde; Foreword by Jack Nicklaus
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arcade Publishing
  • Date 2011-10
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781611453478 / 161145347X
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.1 in (23.88 x 16.00 x 2.79 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Golf, Anecdotes
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.352

About the author

Alistair Cooke was a journalist born in Lancashire, England, on November 20, 1908. For over fifty years, he presented Letters from America, which was the longest-running radio series in the world. Cooke lived in New York City until his death on March 30, 2004. Jack The Golden Bear Nicklaus has won a record 18 career major golf tournaments. The five-time PGA Player of the Year was one of the original 13 inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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