A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons

A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons - Paperback

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A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons
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A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons - Paperback

A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons - Paperback

by James Dodson
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Book Overview

When acclaimed golf writer James Dodson leaves his home in Maine to revisit Pinehurst, North Carolina, where his father first taught him the game that would shape his life and career, he's at a point where he has lost direction. But once there, the curative power of the sandhills region not only helps him find a new career working for the local paper but also reignites his flagging passion for the game of golf. And, perhaps more significantly, it inspires him to try to pass along to his teenage son the same sense of joy and contentment he has found in the game, and to recall the many colorful and lifelong friends he has met on the links.

This wise memoir about finding new meaning through an old sport is filled with anecdotes about the history of the game and of Pinehurst, the home of American golf, where many larger-than-life legends played some of their greatest rounds. Dodson's bestselling memoir Final Rounds began in Pinehurst twenty-five years ago, and now A Son of the Game completes the circle as it follows his journey of discovery back to where his love of the game began-a love that he hopes to make a family legacy.
ISBN9781565129788
Author James Dodson
PublisherAlgonquin Books
GenreBiography, Sports, and Relationships
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages292
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About James Dodson

James Dodson is the author of sixteen books, including Final Rounds, A Golfer's Life (with Arnold Palmer), Ben Hogan: An American Life, American Triumvirate, and The Range Bucket List. His work has appeared in over fifty magazines and newspapers worldwide. He is the only two-time winner of the United States Golf Association's Herbert Warren Wind Award for best golf book of the year. In 2011, Dodson was selected for membership in the Order of the Longleaf by the governor of North Carolina, a prestigious award for exemplary service to the state. He is the founding editor of O Henry magazine. He lives with his wife in North Carolina.

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