From Dan Jenkins--one of America's most respected and acclaimed
sportswriters and author of the bestselling novels "Semi-Tough" and
"Dead Solid Perfect"--comes a colorful, sentimental, hilarious, and
cantankerous memoir about his lifelong journey through the world of
sports.
"Sometimes, I envy my own childhood," says Dan Jenkins. Many can
say that about Dan's whole life. In "His Ownself," we follow him
from his youth in Texas, where being a sports fan meant
understanding a lot about religion, heroes, and drinking; to his
first job at the "Fort Worth Press" working alongside all-time
journalistic greats like Blackie Sherrod and Bud Shrake; to the
glory days of "Sports Illustrated." One of a handful of writers to
establish "SI" as the most important sports magazine ever, Dan
refocused the magazine's college football coverage and covered the
game's greatest players and coaches. Beyond football, Dan is in the
conversation about the best golf writers of all time. Having
covered every Masters, U.S. Open, PGA, and British Open for the
past fifty years, he takes us behind the scenes to capture the
drama--as well as the humor--of these tournaments as he brings us
up close and personal with the likes of Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer,
Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods.
From his friendship and the rounds played with Ben Hogan, to the
stories swapped with New York's elite, to the corporate expense
accounts abused, Dan lets loose on his experiences in journalism,
sports, and showbiz. An honest, one-of-a-kind look at politics,
hypocrites, political correctness, the past, the present,
Hollywood, money, and athletes, this is a sports fan's dream book.
It's a touching, laugh-out-loud tribute to the romanticism of
sportswriting and the glory days of sports, told straight from the
mouth of the man who saw it all his ownself.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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