Bernard Darwin on Golf

Edited and with an Introduction by Jeff Silverman

ISBN 10: 1592286283 / ISBN 13: 9781592286287

Published by The Lyons Press, Guildford, Conn, USA, 2003

About this Item

A compilation of Bernard Darwin's best bits over xvii + 414 pages. A great selection divided across eight sections such as The Spirit of the Game, A Golfer's Almanac and Crossing the Pond - The Atlantic Monthly Dispatches. Internally in very good condition; a little wear at covers' corners and a few small marks on covers.

Seller Inventory # XB075

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bernard Darwin on Golf
• Publisher: The Lyons Press, Guildford, Conn, USA
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592286283
• ISBN 13: 9781592286287
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 660 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • GOLF

About this title

Synopsis

Portrays Bernard Darwin's love for golf with collected essays celebrating the sport, including "My Earliest Golfing Days," "Silence is Golden," and "Giving Up the Game."

About the Author

Bernard Darwin was the golf game’s most revered writer. He was a prominent authority
on Charles Dickens and was the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

Jeff Silverman, a former columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, has
written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and several national magazines.
He is also editor of The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told, Classic Baseball
Stories, Lardner on Baseball, The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told, Classic Golf Stories,
and The Greatest Boxing Stories Ever Told.