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Leigh Montville and
Scott Brick (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House
Publication date
May 20, 2008
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Abridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780739366776
ISBN-10
0739366777
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.50 by 6.25 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: He was a 1930s golf legend and Hollywood trickster who adamantly refused to be photographed. He never played professionally, yet sports-writing legend Grantland Rice still heralded him as âthe greatest golfer in the world.â Then, in 1937, the secrets of John Montagueâs past were exposedâleading to a sensational trial that captivated the nation.
From three-time New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville
John Montague was a boisterous enigma. He had a bagful of golf tricks, on and off the course. He could chip a ball across a room into a highball glass, and knock a bird off a wire from 170 yardsâand when the big man arrived in Hollywood in the early 1930s, he quickly became a celebrity among celebrities. He lived for a time with Oliver Hardy (whom he could lift, one-handed, onto the country club bar) and played golf with everyone from Howard Hughes and W. C. Fields to Babe Ruth and his close friend Bing Crosby, whom he famously beat while playing only with a rake, a shovel, and a bat. Yet strangely Montague never entered a professional tournament, and in a town that thrived on publicity, he never allowed his image to be captured on film.
The reasons became clear when a Time magazine photographer snapped his picture with a telephoto lens ⦠and police in upstate New York quickly recognized Montague as a fugitive wanted for armed robbery. As Montague was indicted in the tiny upstate town of Jay, New York, hordes of national media descended and turned a star-studded legal carnival into the most talked about trial of its day â the trial of âthe Mysterious Montague.â
From the glamour of 1930s Hollywood, to John Montagueâs extraordinary skill and triumphs on the golf course, to the shady world of Adirondack rumrunners and bootleggers, three-time New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville captures a man and an era with extraordinary color, verve, and energy. The Mysterious Montague is Leigh Montvilleâs most entertaining achievement to date.
From three-time New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville
John Montague was a boisterous enigma. He had a bagful of golf tricks, on and off the course. He could chip a ball across a room into a highball glass, and knock a bird off a wire from 170 yardsâand when the big man arrived in Hollywood in the early 1930s, he quickly became a celebrity among celebrities. He lived for a time with Oliver Hardy (whom he could lift, one-handed, onto the country club bar) and played golf with everyone from Howard Hughes and W. C. Fields to Babe Ruth and his close friend Bing Crosby, whom he famously beat while playing only with a rake, a shovel, and a bat. Yet strangely Montague never entered a professional tournament, and in a town that thrived on publicity, he never allowed his image to be captured on film.
The reasons became clear when a Time magazine photographer snapped his picture with a telephoto lens ⦠and police in upstate New York quickly recognized Montague as a fugitive wanted for armed robbery. As Montague was indicted in the tiny upstate town of Jay, New York, hordes of national media descended and turned a star-studded legal carnival into the most talked about trial of its day â the trial of âthe Mysterious Montague.â
From the glamour of 1930s Hollywood, to John Montagueâs extraordinary skill and triumphs on the golf course, to the shady world of Adirondack rumrunners and bootleggers, three-time New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville captures a man and an era with extraordinary color, verve, and energy. The Mysterious Montague is Leigh Montvilleâs most entertaining achievement to date.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (October 3, 2008)
9781410410122 | details & prices | 421 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $31.50
About: He was a 1930s golf legend and Hollywood trickster who adamantly refused to be photographed.
About: He was a 1930s golf legend and Hollywood trickster who adamantly refused to be photographed.
1 edition from Doubleday (May 20, 2008)
9780385520331 | details & prices | 303 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $26.00
Paperback
from Anchor Books (May 5, 2009)
9780767926508 | details & prices | 303 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $16.00
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With Scott Brick (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Random House (May 20, 2008)
9780739366776 | details & prices | 5.50 × 6.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $29.95
About: He was a 1930s golf legend and Hollywood trickster who adamantly refused to be photographed.
About: He was a 1930s golf legend and Hollywood trickster who adamantly refused to be photographed.
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