The Resource His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins
His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins
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- Summary
- "From Dan Jenkins--one of America's most respected and acclaimed sportswriters and author of the bestselling novels Semi-tough and Dead solid perfect--comes a ... memoir about his lifelong journey through the world of sports"--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Anchor Books edition.
- Extent
- xii, 266 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Contents
-
- The fine art of sitting around and hanging out
- A unique and happy compound
- with homemade biscuits
- If dad's back in town there must be a big sports event coming up
- Cigarettes, coffee, antiques, and looking for Mr. Harger
- I learned more from radio and movies than I did in any schoolroom
- Wherein the outwitted mentally resort to physical violence
- Fast times at Paschal High on the way to a career
- A quick course in grown-up journalism on a daily paper
- Here comes the world's greatest sports staff
- in our own minds
- I interrupt this book to speak of boyhood heroes
- The Ben Hogan I knew probably wasn't the Ben Hogan you knew
- Ben Hogan, part II, now appearing in a chapter near you
- As Arnold and Jack and the majors go marching by
- Behind the scenes in the wonderful world of golf
- We wanted to get out from under the soot, is all
- So there we were, living and working in Big D
- my, oh, yes
- Zeroing in on the Yankees, the bigs, the show, the apple
- "Life is just one Texas-OU game after another with fun in between"
- When covering Saturday's America was ice cream
- It matters not who wins or loses but how you write the game
- When every street was a boulevard in old New York
- On the road with a plethora of names to drop
- The short happy life of a man covering ski racing
- "I'd buy a novel called Semi-Tough if there was nothing in it but blank pages
- Learning to love the game that ate our sports pages
- Hooray for Hollywood, that silly, dippy, goofy Hollywood
- Goodbye to all that and hello to the rest of my life
- Is it grandpa I see or merely Camp David?
- What I gave I kept, what I kept I lost. Have I got that right?
- Isbn
- 9780307474704
- Label
- His ownself : a semi-memoir
- Title
- His ownself
- Title remainder
- a semi-memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Dan Jenkins
- Subject
-
- trueAuthors -- Biography
- trueSports and Competition -- Golf
- trueJenkins, Dan
- trueFame
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueSports illustrated
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Journalists
- trueGrowing up
- trueSportswriters -- United States -- Biography
- trueSports
- trueSports journalism
- trueAuthors -- United States -- Biography
- trueGolf
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From Dan Jenkins--one of America's most respected and acclaimed sportswriters and author of the bestselling novels Semi-tough and Dead solid perfect--comes a ... memoir about his lifelong journey through the world of sports"--Dust jacket flap
- Summary
- Recounts the author's life as a sports writer, sharing his humorous and colorful experiences in journalism, sports, and show business
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10282151
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jenkins, Dan
- Dewey number
-
- 070.4/49796092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GV742.42.J46
- LC item number
- A3 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jenkins, Dan
- Sportswriters
- Authors
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a semi-memoir
- Label
- His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The fine art of sitting around and hanging out -- A unique and happy compound -- with homemade biscuits -- If dad's back in town there must be a big sports event coming up -- Cigarettes, coffee, antiques, and looking for Mr. Harger -- I learned more from radio and movies than I did in any schoolroom -- Wherein the outwitted mentally resort to physical violence -- Fast times at Paschal High on the way to a career -- A quick course in grown-up journalism on a daily paper -- Here comes the world's greatest sports staff -- in our own minds -- I interrupt this book to speak of boyhood heroes -- The Ben Hogan I knew probably wasn't the Ben Hogan you knew -- Ben Hogan, part II, now appearing in a chapter near you -- As Arnold and Jack and the majors go marching by -- Behind the scenes in the wonderful world of golf -- We wanted to get out from under the soot, is all -- So there we were, living and working in Big D -- my, oh, yes -- Zeroing in on the Yankees, the bigs, the show, the apple -- "Life is just one Texas-OU game after another with fun in between" -- When covering Saturday's America was ice cream -- It matters not who wins or loses but how you write the game -- When every street was a boulevard in old New York -- On the road with a plethora of names to drop -- The short happy life of a man covering ski racing -- "I'd buy a novel called Semi-Tough if there was nothing in it but blank pages -- Learning to love the game that ate our sports pages -- Hooray for Hollywood, that silly, dippy, goofy Hollywood -- Goodbye to all that and hello to the rest of my life -- Is it grandpa I see or merely Camp David? -- What I gave I kept, what I kept I lost. Have I got that right?
- Control code
- ocn878836804
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Anchor Books edition.
- Extent
- xii, 266 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307474704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)878836804
- Label
- His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The fine art of sitting around and hanging out -- A unique and happy compound -- with homemade biscuits -- If dad's back in town there must be a big sports event coming up -- Cigarettes, coffee, antiques, and looking for Mr. Harger -- I learned more from radio and movies than I did in any schoolroom -- Wherein the outwitted mentally resort to physical violence -- Fast times at Paschal High on the way to a career -- A quick course in grown-up journalism on a daily paper -- Here comes the world's greatest sports staff -- in our own minds -- I interrupt this book to speak of boyhood heroes -- The Ben Hogan I knew probably wasn't the Ben Hogan you knew -- Ben Hogan, part II, now appearing in a chapter near you -- As Arnold and Jack and the majors go marching by -- Behind the scenes in the wonderful world of golf -- We wanted to get out from under the soot, is all -- So there we were, living and working in Big D -- my, oh, yes -- Zeroing in on the Yankees, the bigs, the show, the apple -- "Life is just one Texas-OU game after another with fun in between" -- When covering Saturday's America was ice cream -- It matters not who wins or loses but how you write the game -- When every street was a boulevard in old New York -- On the road with a plethora of names to drop -- The short happy life of a man covering ski racing -- "I'd buy a novel called Semi-Tough if there was nothing in it but blank pages -- Learning to love the game that ate our sports pages -- Hooray for Hollywood, that silly, dippy, goofy Hollywood -- Goodbye to all that and hello to the rest of my life -- Is it grandpa I see or merely Camp David? -- What I gave I kept, what I kept I lost. Have I got that right?
- Control code
- ocn878836804
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Anchor Books edition.
- Extent
- xii, 266 pages, [8] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307474704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)878836804
Subject
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueAuthors -- Biography
- trueAuthors -- United States -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueFame
- trueGolf
- trueGrowing up
- trueJenkins, Dan
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Journalists
- trueSports
- trueSports and Competition -- Golf
- trueSports illustrated
- trueSports journalism
- trueSportswriters -- United States -- Biography
Genre
- trueArts and Entertainment
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueLife stories
- trueSports and Competition
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