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*'[This book] will be read with pleasure in the afterglow of refreshment at the 19th hole' SPECTATOR *'Mark Frost has come up trumps with this intriguing tale about the life and career of golf's most lauded amateur, Bobby Jones. Frost's tribute to the gre '[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 GAME EVER PLAYED critics doubted Frost's ability to pull it off again. He has in this wonderful bio of Bobby Jones, the first man to lay successful siege to the Impregnable Quadrilateral (more prosaically, the Grand Slam). Weaving social and personal history and writing in that picture-evoking, limpid style and cinematographic manner that becomes the former writer/producer of Hill Street Blues and Twin Peaks, Frost evokes the man and the magic moment. Top Drawer!' IRISH INDEPENDENT, Top 20 Sports Books of 2004 'Fascinating ... superb' GOLF WEEKLY
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On September 22, 1913, America welcomed a new hero into its sporting pantheon and for the first time the broad middle of the country embraced with curiosity and enthusiasm the exotic game he'd mastered. Read the first page
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On September 22, 1913, America welcomed a new hero into its sporting pantheon and for the first time the broad middle of the country embraced with curiosity and enthusiasm the exotic game he'd mastered. Read the first page
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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AFTER READING 'THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED' I DID NOT THINK I WOULD READ A BETTER BOOK ON GOLF OR ANY OTHER SPORT FOR THAT MATTER,BUT THIS WAS OUT STANDING.WHAT A MAN THIS JONES WAS , YOU TEND TO THINK THAT PEOPLE GO OVER THE TOP ABOUT THE OLDEN DAYS. BUT YOU CANNOT GET AWAY FROM THE FACTS,HIS RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. AND THE WAY THE AUTHER MARK FROST PUTS IT ACROSS WAS EXCELLENT. I HAVE RECOMMENDEDIT TO ALL MY GOLFING FRIENDS
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Having thoroughly enjoyed Mark's previous golf epic I was looking forward to reading this one. I was not disappointed in any way: his imagery and vocabulary are peerless and it was one of the few books (certainly a sporting one) to bring a tear or two to my eyes. How the man could play! As a example of how to cope with an awesome talent and, later, a crippling disease it begs no questions. Bobby Jones must have been a wonderful man to know and a deadly one to play against in competition. Beloved by all who met or watched him it seems - I wish I had seen him in action, it would have been such a privilege. Buy this book without delay!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is another excellent read from Frost. He has a great ability to mix history and golf together into an easy and enjoyable read.
This is my 3rd Mark Frost book having already read "The Greatest Game ever played" and "The Match". For anyone who play's Golf Frost opens a window on the history of the sport. This is an easy book to read making it ideal for a summer vacation.
This is my 3rd Mark Frost book having already read "The Greatest Game ever played" and "The Match". For anyone who play's Golf Frost opens a window on the history of the sport. This is an easy book to read making it ideal for a summer vacation.
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Excellent to relive golf history
I wish there were more books like this one around. As holds for Frost's other books, The Match and The greatest game ever played, this is an excellent account of golf's greatest... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Koen H
The Grand Slam
Another wonderful book by Mark Frost bringing to life a wonderful golfing career culminating in the Slam in 1930.
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by W. Andrew J. Pollock
Mark Frost does it again
Is there no end to this man's talents: Mark Frost is the best golf writer, bar none, living. This is another page turning epic journey through the life of Bobby Jones, both on and... Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2009 by P. SKEATES
Important piece of Golfing History
Great book by Mark Frost, may be not as good as the 'Greatest Game of Golf Ever Played' by the same Author. Read more
Published on 21 May 2009 by Simon
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