The Greatest Game Ever Played by Mark Frost - 2002

New York: Hyperion , 2002. First printing. Wraps. Near Good . The Players... " Golf develops the good qualities of a man's nature and softens the poor ones.....etc... It cultivates patience and endurance under adversity and yet keeps alive the fires of hope " ..... Part One : Frances and Harry... 1900... The Caddie...The King Of Clubs....The Amateur....Abyss...Rise of the Homebreds....Resusrrection ....Garden City ... Harry and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Part Two : The 1913 U.S. Open.... 1913 ...The Starting Line...Tuesday : The First Day of Qualifying... Second Day.....Thursday : Day One... Friday, Day Two..... Friday Afternoon ; Back Nine... Saturday ; The Play-Off Part Three Afterward.... September 1913 - June 1914 ... Aftermaths. A Note on the Writing. Index. With many photographs of the times of the historic golf match golfers of around a 100 years ago, a classic mathc-up between the greatest golfer of the times, Harry Vardon and the outsider, son of a shopkeeper, a caddie, Francis Ouimet. ( 5 1/8 X 8 X 1 3/8 ) 463 pages. Authored by Co-creator and executive producer of ABC TV Series " Twin Peaks " , nominated for his work on Hill Street Blues. author also of a stirring biography of Bobby Jones, and the best sellers : List Of Seven, The Six Messiahs and Before I Wake , Mark Frost . Crease on lower front cover of softcover book - " One of the best golf books ever written " - Travel and Leisure Golf Magazine

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