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	• The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf Mark Frost Hyperion, 2002 - 496 pages average customer review:based on 79 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Truely, the greatest game ever!

The 1913 US Open. Young Franis Quimet takes on the games greatest players - this story gives me chills each time I recall it. If I could go back in time to any sporting event and see it in person, this would be it. Awesome!

Great Read

This book is a very good compliment to the movie 'The Greatest Game Ever Played'. Mr. Frost did his homework. He included background information, history on all of the players, and follow through. I actually wondered if the book was going to turn out the way the movie did. I'm not into golf but still enjoyed it, if you are into golf you'll appreciate the technicalities (some of which I skipped through). The movie was a little different than what really happened so it was interesting to know the real story.

Well done Mr. Frost, thank you for taking the time to follow up on what happened to all of the players in the game after the 1913 Open, and for the history on Harry Vardon and Ted Ray.

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Great Shape, Great Service

This book came in great shape, looking just like new. It also was shipped and received in a timely manner.

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One of the Best Sports Books I've Read

This is one of the best sports books I've ever read. Mr. Frost paints a vivid picture of the world of professional golf at the start of the 20th Century, and how a single tournament put golf on the map in America.

But even more important, Mr. Frost he brings compelling, likeable characters to life - characters who had to overcome adversity - so to me this book is also for people who are not golf fans.

This is an inspiring story, almost a fairy tale that comes true.

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rancis Ouimet and Harry Vardon came from different worlds and different generations, but their passion for golf set them on parallel paths that would collide in the greatest match their sport had ever known. A young Massachusetts native, Francis was only three years removed from his youthful career as a lowly caddie. Harry was twice his age, the greatest British champion in history, and innovator of the modern grip and swing. Through exacting hard work, perseverance, and determination, Vardon had escaped a hopeless life of poverty; the unknown Ouimet dared to dream of following in his hero's footsteps. When the two men finally came together in their legendary battle at the 1913 U.S. Open, its heartstopping climax gave rise to the sport of golf as we know it today. Weaving the stories of Ouimet and Vardon as his narrative, Mark Frost creates a uniquely involving, intimate epic; equal parts sports biography, sweeping social history, and emotional human drama. Including historical photographs, The Greatest Game Ever Played is sure to be a must-read for millions of sports and history fans, and all who have ever dared to reach for their dreams.

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