Год выпуска: 2005 Автор: Ron Rapoport Издательство: Страниц: 352 ISBN: 9780471473725
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Acclaim for The Immortal Bobby "Just when you think there is nothing new to be said or written on the subject of Bob Jones, Ron Rapoport comes along and proves that theory completely untrue. The Immortal Bobby is wonderfully reported and superbly written." ?John Feinstein, author of A Good Walk Spoiled and Caddy for Life "The story of Bobby Jones?s singular life is one of the most fascinating in sports history. Ron Rapoport?s thoughtful, graceful style is well suited to telling that story." ?Bob Costas, broadcaster, NBC Sports and HBO Sports "Beyond the grainy newsreels and the confetti falling on Broadway and Peachtree Street, there was an essential Bobby Jones, and Ron Rapoport reveals him splendidly in a portrait as graceful as the man. There?s more here than Grand Slam 1930?the jangling nerves and self–doubt, the towering modesty in response to fame, the complexity of an Atlanta patrician, a life richly lived." ?Gary M. Pomerantz, author of Where Peachtree...
