Summer Reading

[grandwazo]

For those lucky enough to be traveling this summer in search of the spirit of this great game, I'm interested to know what book(s) you are taking along to while away the time on the plane or train until you reach your next destination or that brief time before you close your eyes at night in anticipation of the next day's adventure.  

I seem to remember a brief discussion not long ago about a soon to be published account of a former open champ who had been forgotten but led a stellar life both on and off the course, I'm not just looking for golf related material, but a sense of what this extended group finds interesting and of merit.  

[George Pazin]

I think the book you're referring to is The King of Swing, which is about the last amateur to win The Open.

I'd recommend Dream Golf, it's very interesting and entertaining.

Non-golf books I'd recommend:

Set This House In Order by Matt Ruff - best fiction author no one has ever heard of;

Feynman's Rainbow.

[Tom Huckaby]

Oh Grandest of all Wazos:

http://tinyurl.com/zaccl

Sorry, couldn't resist.  This is my Dad's book.  I am exceedingly proud his life-long dream to get a novel published finally happened.

TH

[Eric Franzen]

Herbert Warren Wind - Following Through

A great (and of course very well written) collection of travel reports, documentary articles from past championships and portraits of some the games most fascinating profiles.

[Tom Huckaby]

How I Saved my Country's Sanity

by Jens Lehmann (June 2006)

 

TH, just to see if Eric is listening.

[Eric Franzen]

Could be bundled on Amazon with:

How I let my country down with an half-assed sloppy penalty attempt

by Esteban Cambiasso

[Tom Huckaby]

Could be bundled with on Amazon with:

How I let my country down with an half-assed sloppy penalty attempt

by Esteban Cambiasso

Audible Yuks there.  Of course to complete the trilogy we have:


Why Have a Rule Against Moving Before the Ball is Kicked If it is Never Called?

a collection of essays from Italian football fans.

[Eric Franzen]

TH: Spot on!

Mark: I'll never thought I would buy a book by Butch Harmon but I'll have to get that one. I really enjoyed the excerpt in Golf Digest - link: http://tinyurl.com/jsz62

[Tom Roewer]

John McPhee's latest - "Uncommon Carriers", his second to lastest - "The Founding Fish" and "What A Quiet Office This Is"  by Carolyn bivens

[Eric Franzen]

"What A Quiet Office This Is"  by Carolyn bivens

Aaah, the long awaited sequel to "Dude, where's my staff?"

[Craig Sweet]

Pynchon's 'Mason-Dixon'....it has nothing to do with golf, of course, but it sure is a fun romp!

[Bill_McBride]

Craig, how long did it take for "Mason Dixon" to become a "romp?"  I've tried to get into it, without success, over the past few years.  Loved "Gravity's Rainbow" and "V" but no luck with "M-D."

Maybe I'd better give it another go.

[Craig Sweet]

"Craig, how long did it take for "Mason Dixon" to become a "romp?""

Bill, I was "hooked" right from the beginning, and "sliced" through it in a week.

[Dale_McCallon]

On the golf theme, I've read Dream Golf which was good, but actually enjoyed George Pepers Two Years in St Andrews more.  Not necessarily a golf only book, I loved reading about his move to the home of golf.

On the non golfing side, Swanson's Manhunt bored me--I really struggled to get through it.

For anyone thinking about getting Hillbillly Tour status, I would recommend Tony Horwitz' Confederates in the Attic.  A great look at the South and the odd quirks of Southerners.

[Doug Braunsdorf]

This summer thus far, it's been non-golf.  Here's mine:

The World Is Flat (Thomas Friedman) Took forever to get at   the library, but it's worth the wait.  Great book.  
Charleston (John Jakes)
Power of Intention (Wayne Dyer)

On the golf front, the Harmon book looks to be very good, just from the preview in Golf Digest.  Still waiting for this one!