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Title: Final Rounds : A Father, A Son, The Golf Journey Of A Lifetime by JAMES DODSON ISBN: 0-553-37564-4 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A powerful and moving book about much more than golf.
Comment: This is a wonderful and touching story about a father and his middle-aged son who share some two weeks of the father's last months of life on a golfing pilgrimage to Scotland. The trip is an occasion for both to reflect on what seems to have been the central relationship in their lives. Dodson's account is, by turns, funny, wistful, sad and, in all instances, warm. His father's observation that "The game ends too soon" is as applicable to this tale as it is to the life which is so richly celebrated here. This book deserves a wide audience of both golfers and non-golfers alike
Rating: 5
Summary: More about life and lessons one learns, with golf as a venue
Comment: Funny, sad, insightful, and above all, well-written. This is as close as a book gets for men, while still qualifying for the "Oprah List."
Golf is a metaphor in the hands of the author, who takes us on a final journey between father and son. It is about the lessons one learns in that relationship; golf is simply the vessel for its exploration.
Read it if you play golf; read it if you don't. It will touch you nevertheless, and remind you of your past, and make you wonder about your future.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good but dated material
Comment: I'm an avid golfer so I got the book to check out the golf material and explore the relationship theme. The book did give plenty of golf material, however, for those of us born after 1950 the material was pretty old. Ya it was neat one or two times to hear about how Sam Snead hit an amazing shot on hole #17 at Murfield, but it got a little old after a while.
The main theme of the book, a son coming to terms with his father's impending death was pretty good, made my eyes water. All in all if you can get the book for a good price its worth the read.
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Title: The Dewsweepers: Seasons of Golf and Friendship by James Dodson ISBN: 0452283531 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Faithful Travelers by James Dodson ISBN: 0553378880 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: A Golfer's Life by Arnold Palmer ISBN: 0345414829 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Missing Links by RICK REILLY ISBN: 0385488866 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 19 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Road to Somewhere: Travels With a Young Boy in an Old World by James Dodson ISBN: 0525947620 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 25 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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