Tommys Honor

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592402977
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tommy's Honor written by Kevin Cook and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to the professional achievements of the father-and-son team of Tom and Tom Morris cites their pivotal contributions to the founding of golf in the 1800s, the differences in their athletic styles, and young Tom's tragic early death.

Author : David Malcolm
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857901079
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tom Morris of St. Andrews written by David Malcolm and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first biography in over 100 years of the great Tom Morris of St Andrews, who presided over one of the most illustrious periods in the history of golf, who - more than anyone before or since in any game - stamped his individual character upon his sport and how, in large measure, made golf what it is today. Born in a humble weaver's cottage in St Andrews in 1821, by the time of his death in 1908, he had become a figure of international renown. When he was buried with all the pomp and ceremony befitting an eminent Victorian, newspapers around the world reported his funeral, followed by his internment below the effigy of his son, Tommy, amidst the ruins of St Andrews Cathedral. In the course of his long life, he witnessed huge social and scientific changes in the world, none more so than in the game of golf that he had, in many respects, overseen and directed. By the time of his death, the game had expanded to become the most popular and geographically widespread of all sports and the essential recreational pursuit of gentlemen. Tom Morris was a sporting hero in an age of heroes, as well as golf's first iconic figure.

Author : Tom Norris
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466880732
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book By Honor Bound written by Tom Norris and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April of 1972, SEAL Lieutenant Tom Norris risked his life in an unprecedented ground rescue of two American airmen who were shot down behind enemy lines in North Vietnam, a feat for which he would be awarded the Medal of Honor--an award that represents the pinnacle of heroism and courage. Just six months later, Norris was sent on a dangerous special reconnaissance mission that would take his team deep into enemy territory. On that mission, they engaged a vastly superior force. In the running gun battle that ensued, Lieutenant Norris was severely wounded; a bullet entered his left eye and exited the left side of his head. SEAL Petty Officer Mike Thornton, under heavy fire, fought his way back onto a North Vietnamese beach to rescue his officer. This was the first time Tom and Mike had been on a combat mission together. Mike's act of courage and loyalty marks the only time in modern history that the Medal of Honor has been awarded in a combat action where one recipient received the Medal for saving the life of another. By Honor Bound is the story of Tom Norris and Mike Thornton, two living American heroes who grew up very differently, entered military service and the Navy SEAL teams for vastly different reasons, and were thrown together for a single combat mission--a mission that would define their lives from that day forward.

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592403943
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven written by Kevin Cook and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author of Tommy's Honor offers a revealing glimpse inside the high-pressure world of junior golf, chronicling a year at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy, where teens attend an on-campus high school while spending hours learning the high-tech skills of golf. 25,000 first printing.

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101606088
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flip written by Kevin Cook and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of the beloved entertainer who broke the prime-time color barrier When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, black faces were still rare on television and black hosts nonexistent. Then came Flip—to instant acclaim. His show dueled Marcus Welby, M.D. for the top spot in the ratings. His characters and catchphrases fixed themselves in America’s consciousness, and he helped launch new talent, including Richard Pryor and George Carlin. But how did Clerow Wilson, a motherless Jersey City grade-school dropout, become the celebrity heralded on the cover of TIME as “TV’s First Black Superstar”? Drawing on interviews with family, friends, and celebrities, Kevin Cook offers an inspiring salute to a self-made star who fell from grace, but not before blazing a trail for generations of entertainers to come.

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393071154
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything written by Kevin Cook and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the spirit of a freewheeling era, this rollicking biography brings to life the gambler-hero who inspired Guys and Dolls. Born in a log cabin in the Ozarks, Alvin "Titanic" Thompson (1892-1974) traveled with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash. He won and lost millions playing cards, dice, golf, pool, and dangerous games of his own invention. He killed five men and married five women, each one a teenager on her wedding day. He ruled New York's underground craps games in the 1920s and was Damon Runyon's model for slick-talking Sky Masterson. Dominating the links in the pre-PGA Tour years, Thompson may have been the greatest golfer of his time, teeing up with Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Lee Trevino, and Ray Floyd. He also traded card tricks with Houdini, conned Al Capone, lost a million to Minnesota Fats and then teamed up with Fats and won it all back. A terrific read for anyone who has ever laid a bet, Titanic Thompson recaptures the colorful times of a singular figure: America's original road gambler.

Author : Walter Iooss Jr.
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810949836
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Golf written by Walter Iooss Jr. and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2004-04-21 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on the success of his "Classic Baseball," America's greatest sports photographer is back with a book that chronicles some of the most memorable moments in the history of golf.

Author : Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547612133
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Came from the Stars written by Gary D. Schmidt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a desperate attempt for survival, a peaceful civilization on a faraway planet besieged by a dark lord sends its most precious gift across the cosmos into the lunchbox of Tommy Pepper, sixth grader, of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Author : Stephen Proctor
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788851668
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monarch of the Green written by Stephen Proctor and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards Biography of the Year 'A splendid new biography. How good was young Tom Morris? Stephen Proctor makes his case cogently. Young Tom Morris was one of the greatest of them all' - Allan Massie Young Tom Morris, the son of the legendary pioneer of golf, Tom Morris, was golf's first superstar. Born at a pivotal moment in history, just as the new and inexpensive 'gutty' ball was making golf affordable and drawing thousands of new players to the game, his genius and his swashbuckling personality would set a game that had been frozen in amber for four centuries on the pathway to becoming worldwide spectator sport we know today. Exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated, Monarch of the Green is a stirring and evocative history of Tommy's life (which also includes, for the first time, a compilation of his competitive record in stroke-play tournaments, singles matches, and foursomes) and demonstrates how, in one dazzling decade, this young superstar dominated the sport like few others have ever done.

Author : Thomas James Holtzclaw
Publisher : Walker Press (GA)
ISBN 13 : 9780972052290
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters from Tommy J. written by Thomas James Holtzclaw and published by Walker Press (GA). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: