If ever a sports celebrity was placed in a goldfish bowl and subjected to the bright lights of intense scrutiny while being told to compete at the highest level, he was Bobby Jones. This book is proof enough that Jones may have been the most photographed, most ballyhooed, most analyzed, and most celebrated athlete in sporting history. It is also proof that Jones handled his celebrity in an extraordinarily remarkable fashion. Bobby Jones' fans will be thrilled with this compilation of over 200 important front-page newspaper ...
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If ever a sports celebrity was placed in a goldfish bowl and subjected to the bright lights of intense scrutiny while being told to compete at the highest level, he was Bobby Jones. This book is proof enough that Jones may have been the most photographed, most ballyhooed, most analyzed, and most celebrated athlete in sporting history. It is also proof that Jones handled his celebrity in an extraordinarily remarkable fashion. Bobby Jones' fans will be thrilled with this compilation of over 200 important front-page newspaper facsimiles, beautifully bound, edited by Jones historian Sidney Matthew.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Oversized. 200pp Illus Bobby Jones career, as told by the front pages. Foreword by Robert T. Jones, IV. Introduction by Furman Bisher.
