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A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons
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A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons Paperback - 2010

by James Dodson

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In this wise memoir, acclaimed golf-writer Dodson returns to Pinehurst, North Carolina, where his father taught him the sport. "A Son of the Game" follows the author's journey as he rediscovers the joy and contentment he had initially found in the game.

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When acclaimed golf writer James Dodson leaves his home in Maine to revisit Pinehurst, North Carolina, where his father first taught him the game that would shape his life and career, he's at a point where he has lost direction. But once there, the curative power of the sandhills region not only helps him find a new career working for the local paper but also reignites his flagging passion for the game of golf. And, perhaps more significantly, it inspires him to try to pass along to his teenage son the same sense of joy and contentment he has found in the game, and to recall the many colorful and lifelong friends he has met on the links.

This wise memoir about finding new meaning through an old sport is filled with anecdotes about the history of the game and of Pinehurst, the home of American golf, where many larger-than-life legends played some of their greatest rounds. Dodson's bestselling memoir Final Rounds began in Pinehurst twenty-five years ago, and now A Son of the Game completes the circle as it follows his journey of discovery back to where his love of the game began-a love that he hopes to make a family legacy.

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  • Title A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life's Lessons
  • Author James Dodson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 292
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Publication date 2010-04-13
  • ISBN 9781565129788 / 1565129784
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.75 in (20.96 x 13.97 x 1.91 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: South Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: North Carolina
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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