The Resource His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins
His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins
Resource Information
The item His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "In His Ownself, Dan Jenkins takes us on a tour of his legendary career as a sportswriter and novelist. Here we see Dan hone his craft, from his high school paper through to his first job at the Fort Worth Press and on to the glory days of Sports Illustrated. Whether in Texas, New York, or anywhere for that matter, Dan was always at the center of it all--hanging out at Elaine's while swapping stories with politicians and movie stars, or covering every Masters and U.S. Open and British Open for over four decades. Here's a a knee-slapping, star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime memoir from one of the most important, hilarious, and semi-cantankerous sportswriters ever."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Anchor Books edition.
- Extent
- xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered 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
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In His Ownself, Dan Jenkins takes us on a tour of his legendary career as a sportswriter and novelist. Here we see Dan hone his craft, from his high school paper through to his first job at the Fort Worth Press and on to the glory days of Sports Illustrated. Whether in Texas, New York, or anywhere for that matter, Dan was always at the center of it all--hanging out at Elaine's while swapping stories with politicians and movie stars, or covering every Masters and U.S. Open and British Open for over four decades. Here's a a knee-slapping, star-studded, once-in-a-lifetime memoir from one of the most important, hilarious, and semi-cantankerous sportswriters ever."--
- Assigning source
- Back cover
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10282151
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jenkins, Dan
- Dewey number
-
- 070.4/49796092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Jenkins, Dan
- Sportswriters
- Authors
- 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
- 1762839
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Anchor Books edition.
- Extent
- xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307474704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307474704
- (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
- 1762839
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Anchor Books edition.
- Extent
- xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307474704
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307474704
- (OCoLC)878836804
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.austintexas.gov/portal/His-ownself--a-semi-memoir-Dan-Jenkins/b6G1o5y8lfo/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.austintexas.gov/portal/His-ownself--a-semi-memoir-Dan-Jenkins/b6G1o5y8lfo/">His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.austintexas.gov/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.austintexas.gov/">Austin Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.austintexas.gov/portal/His-ownself--a-semi-memoir-Dan-Jenkins/b6G1o5y8lfo/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.austintexas.gov/portal/His-ownself--a-semi-memoir-Dan-Jenkins/b6G1o5y8lfo/">His ownself : a semi-memoir, Dan Jenkins</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.austintexas.gov/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.austintexas.gov/">Austin Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>