Stephen Proctor

Broschiertes Buch

The Long Golden Afternoon

Golf's Age of Glory, 1864-1914

Beschreibung

The Long Golden Afternoon tells the story of the transformative generation of golf that followed the rise of Young Tom Morris - an era of sweeping change that saw Scotland's national pastime become one of the rare games played around the world, told against the backdrop of the passionate rivalry between Scotland and England.

Autor

Stephen Proctor has served as a senior editor at The Baltimore Sun, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Houston Chronicle. A native of Maryland, he graduated from The American University in Washington and was later awarded a John S. Knight Fellowship in journalism at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He is an avid golfer and has spent the past decade studying the history of the royal and ancient game. Monarch of the Green is his first book. He lives in Malabar, Florida.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Birlinn General
• New in Paperback
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781913759100
• ISBN-10: 1913759105
• Artikelnr.: 68855755