Bernard Darwin on Golf - Softcover

Darwin, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592286283 ISBN 13: 9781592286287

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2004

Synopsis

Bernard Darwin could easily have settled into a privileged life as a respected lawyer, one who also just happened to be the grandson of Charles Darwin. But his conventional upbringing didn't prevent him from choosing a different path, abandoning the relative security of the legal profession to follow his first and only passion - the game of golf. While Darwin was no slouch on the links - he was captain of his golf team at Cambridge and twice reached the semifinals of the British Amateur Championships - he achieved far greater notoriety with his pen than with his club. This collection gathers the finest of Darwin's writing, and is a celebration of a life devoted to a love of the game of golf.

About this title

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.

From the Back Cover

Bernard Darwin could easily have settled into a privileged life as a respected lawyer, one who just happened to be the grandson of Charles Darwin.

But his conventional upbringing didn't prevent him from choosing a different path, abandoning the relative security of the legal profession to follow his first and only passion-the game of golf. While Darwin was no slouch on the links-he was captain of his golf team at Cambridge and twice reached the semifinals of the British Amateur Championships-he achieved far greater notoriety with his pen than with his club.
Starting as a weekly columnist, and then a regular contributor, for The Times of London, he was soon acknowledged as one of the finest essayists in Britain (always signing his columns "Our Golf Correspondent"). He also contributed to Country Life for almost fifty years. Bernard was the first writer ever to elevate the discussion of golf beyond a simple reportage of events.
This collection gathers the finest of Darwin's writing, and is a celebration of a life devoted to a love for the game of golf.

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592286283
• ISBN 13: 9781592286287
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 414
• Editor: Silverman Jeff