{"product_id":"the-kingdom-of-golf-in-america-9780803244825","title":"The Kingdom of Golf in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor golf's true enthusiasts, the game is far more - and far more complex - than a simple hobby, commodity, or slice of the sports industry. It is a physical and mental place to be, a community. It has a history, a hierarchy, laws, a language, and a literature. And in Richard J. Moss, it has a chronicler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richard J. Moss is the leading historian of golf in America. A scratch golfer as well as a crack scholar, Moss brings his clear yet sympathetic and deeply knowledgeable eye to this very fine new book. \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Golf in America\u003c\/i\u003e is the best study we have yet of golf’s by turns snobby, democratic, and in any event surprisingly large place in the fabric of American life.”—Orin Starn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of Tiger Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Any book by historian [Richard] Moss is a reason for celebration, especially when the subject is golf, a game he understands far better than most. With \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Golf in America\u003c\/i\u003e Moss has provided a richly detailed and brilliantly nuanced account of the game’s social growth in America, must (and delightful) reading for anyone who wants to understand how golf got into the bloodstream of a community and a nation. He beautifully reveals the scope of our enduring love affair with life’s most complex and social game. Bravo.”—James Dodson, author of \u003ci\u003eFinal Rounds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Richard J. Moss's] own love for the game is infectious.\"—Henry Allen, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A historian specializes in the past, but Moss casts a sharp eye on the game's future as well and his conclusion is sobering.\"—Dennis McCann, \u003ci\u003eWisconsin Golfer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. From Nothing to Something\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Golf Literature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Clubs and Courses\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Golf before the War\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Golf and World War I\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Golf’s Golden Age?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Golf in the 1930s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Golf and World War II\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Hogan, Snead, and Nelson and the Rise of the Modern Touring Pro\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. The Golf Community in a New Age of Affluence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Golf and the Age of Television\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. Golf and the Two-Party System\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Understanding the Golf Community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Against the Wind\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Golf, Parks, and the American Lawn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Golf Courses in 1920\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: The pga in 1935\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405256859991,"sku":"9780803244825","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803244825.jpg?v=1730489304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-kingdom-of-golf-in-america-9780803244825","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}