John Dechant

Little Poison

Paul Runyan, Sam Snead, and a Long-Shot Upset at the 1938 PGA Championship

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Produktbeschreibung

Little Poison is the story of Paul Runyan, a short-hitting farm boy from Arkansas who rose to prominence during the 1930s and defeated Sam Snead by a resounding margin at the 1938 PGA Championship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 148mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781496231420
• ISBN-10: 1496231422
• Artikelnr.: 64698980

Autorenporträt

John Dechant is the author of several books, including Scoreless: Omaha Central, Creighton Prep, and Nebraska’s Greatest High School Football Game (Bison Books, 2016). His writing has appeared in a variety of magazines and the Golfer’s Journal. He is the president of the publishing firm Legacy Preservation.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Prologue
Part 1. Hot Springs Boys
1. Something in the Water
2. Six Hundred Balls a Day
3. Samuel Jackson
Part 2. Little Poison
4. White Plains
5. “I Don’t Know How He Does It”
6. A Code of His Own
Part 3. On the Delaware
7. A Talent Nonpareil
8. “Lawdy, the Man Ain’t Human”
9. No Days Off
Part 4. Go West
10. “Whatever Became of Paul Runyan?”
11. La Jolla
12. Last Hurrah
13. High Heavenly Ground
Part 5. On the Tee until the Last
14. Author and Influencer
15. “The Legend Never Really Died”
Acknowledgments
Bibliographic Essay