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Title: The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris by Old Tom Morris, David Joy ISBN: 1-886947-45-7 Publisher: Gale Group Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Worthy Tribute to the Pioneers of Professional Golf
Comment: Old Tom Morris lived to the age of eighty-seven, witnessing, and being a major part of, the development of a sport which is now played all over the world (and once on the moon). It is therefore extraordinary that this seems to be the only book dedicated to his life; or even to this time in golf's history. Prior to this publication, the exceptional characters of the time - Old Tom Morris, Willie Park, Allan Robertson, Young Tom Morris - have merited only the occasional paragraph in golfing encyclopedia.
Compiled as an actor's stage prop - from sources including the golfer's actual book of cuttings - it has the feel of a genuine, beautifully bound scrapbook: its not-quite chronological order, happy-accident compilation seems the sort of thing someone would put together in their spare time. This adds enormously to the book's appeal - starkly setting out a man's life in cuttings and photographs, with no explanatory notes, proves very moving.
Though this fresh approach to biography allows the reader to interpret material free of the bias normally brought by the author, it also means it is free of any correction: the original authors of the clippings would, no doubt, have their own agenda, as would the person collecting the material. Another disadvantage of this format is that it lacks a social context: sporting event takes precedence, leaving the world around relatively unimportant (reading 'A Century of the Scottish People 1830-1950' T C Smout, would help the reader fill this gap). This book gives the initial impression that the golfing professional was a rich man of high status, which runs contrary to other sources which suggest that he was not welcome within clubhouses, and that much of his income was reliant on club and ball making; his wealthy backers being the main benificiaries of his golfing talent.
These points aside, the book contains a huge amount of information which will keep anyone interested in history and/or golf fascinated for years. I would suggest you find a comfortable chair, pour a generous glass of whisky (28 year old Springbank as a preference), open a page of this book at random and look back one hundred and fifty years at the pioneers who look exactly like their contemporaries in the wild west, except rifles are replaced by golf clubs.
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Title: The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf by Mark Frost ISBN: 0786869208 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 06 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: St. Andrews & the Open Championships: The Official History by David Joy, Iain Macfarlane Lowe ISBN: 1886947260 Publisher: Gale Group Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands by Lorne Rubenstein ISBN: 080652457X Publisher: Citadel Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Spirit of St. Andrews by A. MacKenzie, Alister MacKenzie ISBN: 1886947007 Publisher: Gale Group Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Life and Work of Dr. Alister MacKenzie by Tom Doak, James Scott, Raymond Haddock ISBN: 158536018X Publisher: Gale Group Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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