A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life’s Lessons
Filed in Product Review on May.31, 2010
Product Description
When acclaimed golf writer James Dodson leaves his home in Maine to revisit Pinehurst, North Carolina, where his father first taught him the game that would shape his life and career, he-s at a point where he has lost direction. But once there, the curative power of the sandhills region not only helps him find a new career working for the local paper but also reignites his flagging passion for the game of golf. And, perhaps more significantly, it inspires him to try… More >>
A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life’s Lessons
May 31st, 2010 at 3:05 am
This is an excellent and enjoyable book. I previously read James Dodson’s book about Ben Hogan and enjoyed his writing style, this is what caused me to pick up this book. I thourouly enjoyed this book and found myself reluctant to put it down. If you have a son or daughter and have taught them the game this will even mean more to you.
I really wish James could have had some more time with Harvie Ward because I would love to read a book about him. It has always intriqued me about his talent and how he dissappeared into obscurity.
If you are interested in golf, the history of golf and the people affected by the game, this book is for you.
I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
May 31st, 2010 at 5:03 am
Like no other author Mr. Dodson captures the heart & soul of golf. Through his own experiences, and that of family and friends he brings the sport so many toil over for hours, a refreshing life and reality.
More importantly he captures much more than the passion golfers have for this game, he tells the story of life which parallels the ups-and-downs this game show us so well.
Great stuff Mr. Dodson!
Thank you for another great read!
Rating: 5 / 5
May 31st, 2010 at 7:07 am
A Son of the Game is an awesome read. perfectly befitting of the saying “the smaller the ball, the better the writing.”
The stories of Pinehurst are wonderfully told. I like about three million other people knew Harvie Ward. I was blessed to have him teach me golf as a teenager and adult. Jim tells his story wonderfully.
Rating: 5 / 5
May 31st, 2010 at 7:38 am
There are some people that can just flat out write and no matter the subject matter they choose, they draw you in so that you just soak yourself up in the story and let it carry you along until it dumps you out on the last page wanting more. James Dodson is that kind of writer. I enjoyed his book on gardening and the people who inhabit that world, “Beautiful Madness”, as much as I have the insights he has given us into his life and family in “Final Rounds”, “The Dewsweepers”, “The Road to Somewhere” and “Faithful Travelers.” His biographies of Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan are not to be missed either.
And so it was with much happiness and anticipation that I ordered his latest to find out what he has been up to since heading back to his roots in North Carolina while still trying to keep one foot in his adopted State of Maine.
I was not disappointed and I suspect you will not be either, even if this book is your first exposure to this writer. The golf season is returning to the parts of the United States that have had to put up with the travails of winter and there could be no finer way to usher it in that to wrap yourslef up in this book for a night or two as the days get longer and warmer. However, this is only tangentially about golf. It is about an interesting and very full life and it is told with love and great insight.
Rating: 5 / 5
May 31st, 2010 at 9:14 am
This was a totally charming book that captivates the reader and draws one to both the game of golf and the Pinehurst /Southern Pines area. The reviewer, P. Flanagan, is grumpier than the old eye doctor Dodson writes about with such loving eloquence. Not sure what angst the reviewer was talking about — this is practically of love story; in fact it truly is — with the game, with family and with a smalll town that makes you want to call it home.
Rating: 5 / 5