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The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, And The Story Of Golf
By Grover Gardner (narrator) and Mark Frost
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Blackstone Audio Inc
Publication date December 1, 2004
Binding CD/Spoken Word
Edition Mp3 una
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780786183050
ISBN-10 0786183055
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight 0.25 lbs.
Original list price $39.95
Other format details audio
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: [MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. *NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.]

[Read by Grover Gardner]

Mark Frost uses a wealth of original research to provide an unprecedented, intimate portrait of golf great Bobby Jones. In the tradition of The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Grand Slam blends social history with sports biography, captivating the imagination and engaging the listener -- it is a biography not to be missed.

In the wake of the stock-market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports. In the summer of 1930, Bobby Jones, a twenty-eight-year-old amateur golfer, mounted a campaign against the record books. In four months, this natural, self-taught player conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the US Open, and finally, the US Amateur Championship -- an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam. No one has ever repeated it.

A natural, self-taught player, the intensely private Jones had longed to retreat from fame's glaring spotlight throughout his entire career. While the press referred to him as ''a golfing machine,'' the strain of competition exacted a ferocious toll on his physical and emotional well-being. During the season of the Slam he constantly battled exhaustion, nearly lost his life twice, and came perilously close to a total collapse.

By the time he completed his unprecedented feat, Jones made the shocking announcement that he was retiring from the game. His abrupt disappearance from the public eye into a closely guarded private life helped create the mythological image of this hero from the Golden Age of sports that endures to this day.

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CD/Spoken Word
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Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (December 1, 2004); titled "The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, And The Story Of Golf"
9780786183050 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $39.95
About: [MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780786129256
 
14 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (December 1, 2004)
9780786129256 | details & prices | List price $99.95
About: In the wake of the 1929 stock market crash, an amateur golfer began a decade of unparalleled achievement, seeming a ray of light in an otherwise depressed America.

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