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Inscribed on third blank page: To Dan: Take Dead Aim Best Regards Harvey Penick (this inscription is underneath Harvey's handwritten inscription to all readers). Laid in: Original of U.S.A. Today story profiling Harvey Penick. June 3, 1994Book in fine condition. Dust jacket in fine condition. Harvey Morrison Penick (October 23, 1904 – April 2, 1995) was an American professional golfer and coach, who coached many Hall of Fame players. Late in life, he became a best-selling writer. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, seven years after his death.
During his final illness, he gave lessons from his deathbed to longtime student Ben Crenshaw. The day after serving as a pallbearer at Penick's funeral, Crenshaw began play in the 1995 Masters Tournament. With the memory and spirit of his longtime friend and mentor to guide him, he became the second oldest Masters champion, winning his second Masters at the age of 43. In the post-tournament interview, Crenshaw said: "I had a 15th… Read More

Inscribed on first page: With best wishes to an unforgettable woman Evelyn Y. Davis (see picture). Book in fine condition. Dust jacket in fine condition with two small chips on right front top and one at bottom of spine. Clean text. Price unclipped ($15.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Evelyn Davis was a corporate gadfly. Often causing chaos at shareholder annual meetings. She berated Lee Iacocca by saying he needed to lose weight.After Carter's 1976 election as president, Powell was described as a member of the "Georgia Mafia", a group of close aides from Georgia who moved to high positions in the Carter administration, but who were inexperienced in national politics. Powell and Carter's chief of staff Hamilton Jordan appeared in 1977 as caricatures on the cover of Time in 1977 and were pictured on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, where they were dubbed Carter's "whiz kids". Powell served as White House press secretary for Carter's entire term as president.
In this memoir… Read More

Signed on title page: Fred H. Powers (see picture)Book is in very good plus condition. Dust jacket is in very good plus condition with a beautiful picture of the Mercury statue. Some light staining on lower portion of jacket. Small tear about "R:" in Rochester on cover. Book does not have any identifying publisher or year of production. Photos only rarely have a date and usually only a caption of a few words. Many pictures of the famous sports figures and politicians who visited Rochester. One interesting aspect is that it has a dedication or forward by Arch Merrill. Merrill is often called the "Poet Laureate of Upstate New York." Merrill's piece mentions that Powers started as a photographer for the Times Union in 1937. In 1942 he became the Chief Photographer for the Democrat & Chronicle.