Final Rounds: A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime

DODSON, JAMES

Biographies & Memoirs

Arrow

Faithful Travellers

Arrow Books

The Dewsweepers : Seasons of Golf and Friendship

Sports & Outdoors

Gardners Books

In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf itself, thus making possible the subsequent popularity of players from Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods. During the Depression—after the exploits of Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones (winning the Grand Slam as an amateur in 1930) had faded in the public’s imagination—golf’s popularity fell year after year, and as a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was the unhappy prospect facing two dirt-poor boys from Texas and another from Virginia who had dedicated themselves to the game yet could look forward only to eking out a subsistence living along with millions of other Americans. But then lightning struck, and from the late thirties into the fifties these three men were so thoroughly dominant—each setting a host of records—that they transformed both how the game was played and how society regarded it. Sports fans in general are well aware of Hogan and Nelson and Snead, but even the most devoted golfers will learn a great many new things about them here. Their hundredth birthdays will be commemorated throughout 2012—Nelson born in February, Snead in May, and Hogan in August—but as this comprehensive and compelling account vividly demonstrates, they were, and will always remain, a triumvirate for the ages.

American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf

KNOPF

With compelling detail and pure passion, James Dodson recounts the singular brilliance of three golf titans and how they saved the professional tour and created the game as we know it today. During the Depression golf was in crisis. As a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was the unhappy prospect facing Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, and Ben Hogan –two dirt-poor boys from Texas and another from Virginia, who had dedicated themselves to the sport. But then lightning struck, and from the late thirties into the fifties these three men were so thoroughly dominant that they transformed both how the game was played and how society regarded it. Paving the way for the subsequent popularity of players from Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods, they were, and will always remain, a triumvirate for the ages.

Historical

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

One of the great golf journalists introduces readers to the "Dewsweepers," a dedicated group of golfers who tee off every weekend morning at an old club in upstate New York, while he searches for the simple joys contained in the game. Reprint.

The Dewsweepers

Parenting & Relationships

Plume

The Road to Somewhere

Bestselling author James Dodson sweeps readers along on his once-in-a-lifetime trip with his young son through the great cities and eccentric byways of Europe. As Jim Dodson discovered during the summer of 2001, when he and his ten-year-old son Jack set off to spy the wonders the world has to offer, traveling with a kid can almost make a grown man feelÂ—and behaveÂ—like a child again. Father and son encountered many unforeseen obstacles to their journeyÂ—some hilarious and others heartbreakingÂ— but they discovered something far more valuable in each otherÂ's company: a world where, at the end of the day, unexpected laughter and pain can make us all friendly small- town neighbors. Â“RemarkableÂ…[a] touching storyÂ…[This is] not just a travelogue, but a memoir of a fatherÂ's cherished time with his son.Â” Â—Publishers Weekly Â“DodsonÂ's humor and easy writing style make for enjoyable reading, and the touching story of his relationship with his son is likely to encourage more than one parent to make similar travel plans.Â” Â—Library Journal

Travel

Europe

Behind-the-scenes accounts of the Philadelphia Flower Show and the Chelsea Garden Show reveal what the author learned about some of the western world's most influential gardens and describe his encounters with such plants as a smuggled exotic day lily and stolen cuttings from a Founding Father's shrubbery. By the author of Final Rounds. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Beautiful Madness

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

The author introduces the "Dewsweepers," a dedicated group of golfers who tee offf every weekend morning at an old club in upstate New York, while he searches for the simple joys of the game.

The Dewsweepers: Seasons of Golf and Friendship

Dutton Adult

Recounts the author's trek through the cities and byways of Europe with his young son, during which they encountered unforeseen obstacles, unexpected camaraderie with the locals, and a closer bond with each other. 30,000 first printing.

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Final Rounds: A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime

Faithful Travellers

The Dewsweepers : Seasons of Golf and Friendship

American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf

American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf

The Dewsweepers

The Road to Somewhere

Beautiful Madness

The Dewsweepers: Seasons of Golf and Friendship

The Road to Somewhere