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Author: Mark Frost Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 140551180X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 348
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In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, an amateur golfer began a decade of unparalleled achievement, seeming a ray of light in an otherwise depressed America. Bobby Jones won the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the US Open and the US Amateur Championship. A new phrase was born: The Grand Slam. A modest, sensitive man, a lawyer from a middle-class Atlanta family, Bobby Jones had barely survived a sickly childhood, and took up golf at the age of five for health reasons. Jones made his debut at the US Amateur Championship in 1916 and his genius was recognised by his inspiration, Francis Ouimet. However, his health was never good, and the strain of completing the Slam exacted a ferocious toll; the US Open, played in July in blazing heat, nearly killed him. Jones fought to keep his fragile condition a secret from a country suffering from the Depression, but at the age of twenty-eight, after winning the US Amateur, he retired. His abrupt disappearance at the height of his renown inspired an impenetrable myth, to this day still fiercely protected by family and friends.
Author: Mark Frost Publisher: Hachette+ORM ISBN: 1401381812 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 539
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This Los Angeles Times bestseller takes a riveting look at the life and times of depression-era golf legend Bobby Jones. In the wake of the stock market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports in the summer of 1930. Bobby Jones, a 28-year-old amateur golfer, mounted a campaign against the record books. In four months, he conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the United States Open, and finally the United States Amateur Championship, an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam. No one has ever repeated it. Mark Frost uses a wealth of original research to provide an unprecedented intimate portrait of golf great Bobby Jones. In the tradition of The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Grand Slam blends social history with sports biography, captivating the imagination and engaging the reader. The Grand Slam is a biography not to be missed.
Author: Samantha Brenner Publisher: Kedzie Press ISBN: 9781934087428 Category : Lesbians Languages : en Pages : 0
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In search of fulfilling a childhood dream, Stephanie Alexander boards a plane and heads to Wimbledon, the most prestigious Grand Slam tennis tournament. Escorted straight into the players' lounge, she trades in her business cards for an all-access-behind-the-velvet-ropes badge.
Author: Cheryl Kim Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1666323314 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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Naomi Osaka is the first Asian tennis player to hold the number one singles ranking in the Women's Tennis Association. She started to make a name for herself at 16 and is now known around the world. Osaka has defeated the toughest players in the league and her talent continues to rise each year. Read more about this skilled tennis star!
Author: Alex Rodriguez Publisher: Taylor Publishing Company (TX) ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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Seattle Mariner Alex Rodriguez is one of the most popular players in major league baseball. Now, in his first book for children, Rodriguez tells his story--from his childhood in a single-parent household to his triumphant rookie season in 1996--and his secrets to success. Color illustrations and photos.
Author: Tim Green Publisher: Aladdin ISBN: 1534406719 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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Jalen DeLuca applies his baseball genius to his own playing in the follow-up to Tim Green and Derek Jeter’s New York Times bestselling novel Baseball Genius. Jalen DeLuca loves baseball. But he’s more than just a fan and a talented player; Jalen is a baseball genius. He can analyze and predict almost exactly what a pitcher is going to do with his next pitch. His unique ability helped him save the career of the Yankees’s star baseman, James “JY” Yager, by signaling the pitches from the stands. Now turning his focus to his own baseball career, Jalen has to put his genius into action in new and untested ways. But without the stats and information he has on the pro players, analyzing the pitchers seems impossible. And even if he knows what the pitch will be, actually hitting it takes more than intuition. As if the pressure of the team and drama with his friends weren’t enough, one major event changes everything—Jalen’s mom comes back into his life. Can Jalen work through it all to hit a grand slam and make his baseball dreams a reality?
Author: Chuck Adams Publisher: Woods N Water Incorporated ISBN: 9780979513183 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 352
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Super Slam!: Adventures with North American Big Game is Chuck Adams's first book retracing his epic journey to take all 28 North American big game species with a bow. Chuck relives those incredible hunts - all in one book - one that no serious bowhunter will want to be without it. Imagine staring at a snarling 9' polar bear at 15 steps with nothing but a bow in your icy hand and no backup firepower. Imagine a raw, raining, 15-day hunt for Alaska brown bears and placing a tiny sight pin on a 1,400-pound monster. Imagine trekking for the Grand Slam of wild sheep; muskox 50 miles from the North Pole; and a world record elk in the Montana mountains. The writing is vintage Chuck Adams - spine tingling, extreme bowhunting adventure with practical, proven bowhunting knowledge woven throughout.
Author: Catherine M. Lewis Publisher: Triumph Books (IL) ISBN: 9781572437289 Category : DVD-Video discs Languages : en Pages : 0
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The newly updated version of the phenomally detailed examination of the legend's career and life is augmented with a brand new DVD with exclusive museum archival footage in a specially produced documentary.
Author: Eamon Evans Publisher: Hardie Grant Books ISBN: 1743582978 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 153
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In Grand Slams of Tennis, join author and tennis tragic Eamon Evans as he picks apart the rich tapestry that is the history of Grand Slam tennis. Learn who liked to play without underpants, who never changes her socks, which player has been in and out of jail ... and which one became a nun. Complete with profiles of each of the four Grand Slam tournaments, as well as breakdowns of modern tennis’s most breathtaking matches and an insight into what being a champion is like off the court, this is a must-read for any fan who likes their tennis served with a laugh. The Grand Slams of Tennis are big in every way: they feature the most players and they fork out the most prize money; they have the shiniest trophies and the noisiest crowds. Factor in insane fans, legendary tempers and disintegrating wigs, and you’ve got everything you need for high drama on centre court.
Author: Terri Morgan Publisher: Lerner Publications ISBN: 9780822536840 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 72
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Presents the lives and tennis careers of the two African American sisters whose unusual training by their father and striking appearances, as well as their remarkable skills at the sport, have made them standouts in the tennis world.
Author: Randy Walker Publisher: New Chapter Press ISBN: 9781937559328 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 34
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World Tennis Magazine brings readers through the 2012 Grand Slam tennis season through recaps of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, including full results, reports and the award-winning photography of Cynthia Lum, that make for excellent frameable photos or keep-sake posters.
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