{"product_id":"the-immortal-bobby-bobby-jones-and-the-golden-age-of-golf-paperback-softback-9781496224958","title":"The Immortal Bobby; Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496224958","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Immortal Bobby\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRon Rapoport (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496224958\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages, 12 photographs, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Another engrossing golf read is \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Bobby\u003c\/i\u003e . . . a welcome paperback release of Ron Rapoport's 2005 biography of Bobby Jones, the only man to win four major golf championships in one year, 1930. The book deserves a wide audience for its lively depiction of both golf and society early in the last century and for several surprising revelations about the most beloved sportsman of his day.\"-John Paul Newport, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Fabulous.”-Leonard Shapiro, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“An important book about an important sports figure that, typically for Rapoport, goes beyond the confines of sports and fits firmly in the context of our culture.”-Ira Berkow, sports columnist and author of \u003ci\u003eRed: A Biography of Red Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Here is Bobby Jones as you’ve never seen him, almost fearful in the fires of competition, and Ron Rapoport shows us how that man became a legend.”-Dave Kindred\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“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\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“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. \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Bobby\u003c\/i\u003e is wonderfully reported and superbly written.”-John Feinstein\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003eWhere Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“If you want to learn a thing or three about Jones and the defining times in which he lived, you should read this book.”-Brian Hewitt, thegolfchannel.com\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“The real strength of Rapoport’s profile of Jones is the uncompromising look at how complex the man\/athlete was. Like many greats in any field, both Jones’s strengths and weaknesses were extreme.”-Mike Imrem, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Herald\u003c\/i\u003e (Arlington Heights, IL)\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“An exhaustively researched and anecdote-rich tome on Bobby Jones.”-Peter Kerasotis, \u003ci\u003eFlorida Today\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all the giants of golf’s Golden Age, Bobby Jones was the most revered. His intelligence, modesty, eloquence, and charm-and the fact he remained an amateur throughout his career-so completely captivated the public that at times it seemed almost beside the point that he was also the best golfer in the world. Jones’s fame reached its peak in 1930 when he became the only golfer to ever win the Grand Slam and the only person in history to receive a second ticker-tape parade on Broadway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yet beneath the easy grace he exhibited on and off the golf course, there was another Bobby Jones-one who through the years battled his volatile temper; the pressure of competition that grew so unbearable he was often left near tears and unable to take any pleasure in winning; and, in the final decades of his life, an agonizing physical decline that robbed him of everything but his dignity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on scores of interviews, a careful reconstruction of contemporary accounts, and Jones’s voluminous correspondence, award-winning sportswriter Ron Rapoport reveals the man behind the legend and provides a moving depiction of a long-gone sporting age.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Little Bob and Mr. Jones\u003cbr\u003e 1. East Lake Days\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Jewel of the South\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Keeper of the Flame\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"Emotions Which Could Not Be Endured\"\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"By No Means Fit for the Honourable Company\"\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Long Lane Turns\u003cbr\u003e 7. \"My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Are We Downhearted?\"\u003cbr\u003e 8. \"It Was Perfect and That Is All There Is to Say about It\"\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Like a Hero Back from the War\"\u003cbr\u003e 10. \"He Belongs to Us All\"\u003cbr\u003e 11. \"You Can Never Know How I Envied You\"\u003cbr\u003e 12. \"Don't Kill the Star in the Prologue\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Grand Slam\u003cbr\u003e 13. Impregnable Quadrilaterals, Then and Now\u003cbr\u003e 14. \"Your Boy Is Just Too Good\"\u003cbr\u003e 15. The British Amateur: \"They Ought to Burn Him at the Stake\"\u003cbr\u003e 16. The British Open: Great Men of Hoylake\u003cbr\u003e 17. The U.S. Open: \"The Lord Must Have Had His Arms Around Me\"\u003cbr\u003e 18. Homecoming\u003cbr\u003e 19. The U.S. Amateur: \"Into the Land of My Dreams\"\u003cbr\u003e 20. Quitting the Memorable Scene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III: The Best That Life Can Offer ... and the Worst\u003cbr\u003e 21. Hollywood, Augusta, and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e 22. \"White as the Ku Klux Klan\"\u003cbr\u003e 23. \"I've Been Having Some Numbness in My Limbs\"\u003cbr\u003e 24. \"Will Ye No' Come Back Again?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sources and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681425322264,"sku":"9781496224958","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-immortal-bobby-bobby-jones-and-the-golden-age-of-golf-paperback-softback-9781496224958","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}