For 25 years Herbert Warren Wind chronicled the game of golf in his beloved essays for The New Yorker magazine. Collected here, in a newly reissued edition, are 27 of his most treasured pieces. Following Through represents 22 years of work--from 1962 to 1984--and serves as a testament to America's greatest golf writer. A keen observer of the game, Wind's writing explores character and setting as much as the game itself, with descriptions of his favorite courses, players, and tournaments. Highlights include: Wind ...
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For 25 years Herbert Warren Wind chronicled the game of golf in his beloved essays for The New Yorker magazine. Collected here, in a newly reissued edition, are 27 of his most treasured pieces. Following Through represents 22 years of work--from 1962 to 1984--and serves as a testament to America's greatest golf writer. A keen observer of the game, Wind's writing explores character and setting as much as the game itself, with descriptions of his favorite courses, players, and tournaments. Highlights include: Wind's thoughtful piece on the 50th Anniversary Master's Tournament A thrilling account of Ken Venturi's win in the '64 US Open after a legendary comeback Detailed stories on modern champions and celebrated players of the past Paeans to the world's great courses like Augusta National and the Royal Dornoch A touching eulogy for Bing Crosby from 1977, celebrating the singer's contributions to the game A delightful read for long-time fans and newcomers alike, Herbert Wind's Following Through is a shining example of sports writing at its absolute best.
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Add this copy of Following Through: Herbert Warren Wind on Golf to cart. $10.97, fair condition, Sold by Bibliomuse rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Ticknor & Fields.
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Fair. Text pages clean & tight with no highlighting. DJ has scratches & edge wear. Inscription inside to former owner. Wind's impeccably informed & lovingly written pieces on golf from the New Yorker written over a 20 year period. Excellent book for the golf enthusiast. Despite noted DJ flaws, a very readable copy.
Add this copy of Following Through to cart. $11.57, good condition, Sold by Goodbookscafe rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Macon, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Echo Point Books & Media.
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Good. Used. Hardcover Book. Smudges on the cover. Outer corners are slightly bent downward. The cover has visible markings and wear. No markings on inside pages.
Add this copy of Following Through to cart. $11.95, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Ticknor & Fields.
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Add this copy of Following Through: Herbert Warren Wind on Golf to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Sutton Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Norwich, VT, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Ticknor and Fields, 1985.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Size: 9x6x1; This book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 414 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. There is a dedication written on the second end paper. The pages are otherwise clean with no soiling or tears. The copyright page shows 1985 as the published date. This is definitely Not a former library book. The dust jacket has a color illustration of golfers on a golf course. The dust jacket shows light edgewear, a short (one-inch) closed tear on the top of the front and a three-inch pencil line on the top of the front (No Chips). I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!
. . . then you should have a copy of this book on your shelves. You'll probably do what I do: take it down every year or so, and dip back into it.
Herbert Warren Wind was the finest golf writer America has produced, or ever will produce, I'm sure, the nature of sports writing being what it is today. Wind was the guy who named it "Amen Corner." If you don't know where Amen Corner is, then you're not a real golfer.
The beautiful thing about Wind's writing and his approach is that he always considered the course itself as one of the participants in any of the matches he describes. And of course, for a golfer, the look and feel and character of the course is of very great interest. For the shots that are hit are hit not in a vacuum, but on a certain hole of a certain course in certain weather conditions and under certain circumstances of a certain match, and all these elements play an important part in understanding what happened.
This book is a collection of the finest of Wind's lovingly written pieces from the New Yorker, 27 chapters in all. Wind wasn't a sports writer, he was, first of all, a finer writer than Ring Lardner or Damon Runyon or A. J. Liebeling or probably anyone else you've ever read. And he loved golf as only someone who has played it all his life and is ready to play again in the morning loves it.
Through Wind's essays, fortunately for us all, the past will never be lost. You'll have to excuse me now, I'm going to read once again "Nicklaus and Watson at Turnberry." What a match that was!
