Sports Makes You Type Faster: The Entire World of Sports by One of America's Most Famous Sportswriters - Couverture rigide

Jenkins, Dan

 
9780875657011: Sports Makes You Type Faster: The Entire World of Sports by One of America's Most Famous Sportswriters
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ISBN 10 : 087565701X ISBN 13 : 9780875657011
Editeur : Texas Christian University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Sports Makes You Type Faster presents a remarkable new collection of essays by one of America's best-known and best-loved sportswriters. Served up with the acerbic wit that is Dan Jenkins's hallmark, the essays range over the whole world of sports, taking aim at owners, players, fans, and franchises alike--with results that will make you laugh out loud.

Winner of the 2012 PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing, Dan Jenkins became nationally known for his twenty-five-year-long career with Sports Illustrated, and later for his work as a feature writer and essayist for Golf Digest. His many novels include bestsellers like Semi-Tough, Baja Oklahoma, and Dead Solid Perfect--all of which were made into movies. Among other achievements, Jenkins has been honored with the 2013 Red Smith Award and the 2017 Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism, and in 2012 he was inducted into the 2012 World Golf Hall of Fame, Lifetime Achievement Category.

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À propos de l'auteur

DAN JENKINS is the author of twenty-three books--twelve novels and eleven works of nonfiction, written over a career that has spanned seven decades. A TCU graduate, Jenkins spent fifteen years writing for Fort Worth and Dallas newspapers before heading for New York and national fame. One of only four writers who have been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, Jenkins has also been inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, and the Texas Golf Hall of Fame, among many other honors. After thirty years in New York City, Jenkins and his wife June returned to Fort Worth, where they now live.

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Éditeur
Texas Christian University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
087565701X
ISBN 13 
9780875657011
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : Texas Christian University Press, 2020
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