| Cinderella Story: My Life in Golf Contributor(s): Murray, Bill (Author), Peper, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0767905229 ISBN-13: 9780767905220 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: One of the funniest, most beloved, and most often quoted entertainers in the world tells his tale of Life and Golf--and of somehow surviving both. With his brilliant creation, groundskeeper Carl Spackler, and the outrageous success of the film "Caddyshack firmly etched into the American consciousness, Bill Murray and golf have become synonymous. Filled with Murray's trademark deadpan and dead-on humor, Cinderella Story chronicles his love affair with golf from the life lessons he learned as a caddy--"how to smoke, curse, play cards. But more important, when to"--to his escapades on the Pro-Am golf circuit at the Augusta National and as a fan at the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the Western Open. An up-by-the-bootstraps tale of a man, his muse, and our society's fascination with a little white ball, Cinderella Story is one pilgrim's bemused path through the doglegs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor | Topic - Sports - Sports & Recreation | Golf - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.56" W x 8.24" (0.44 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Father's Day - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the funniest, most beloved, and most often quoted entertainers in the world tells his tale of Life and Golf--and of somehow surviving both. With his brilliant creation, groundskeeper Carl Spackler, and the outrageous success of the film Caddyshack firmly etched into the American consciousness, Bill Murray and golf have become synonymous. Filled with Murray's trademark deadpan and dead-on humor, Cinderella Story chronicles his love affair with golf from the life lessons he learned as a caddy--"how to smoke, curse, play cards. But more important, when to"--to his escapades on the Pro-Am golf circuit at the Augusta National and as a fan at the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the Western Open. An up-by-the-bootstraps tale of a man, his muse, and our society's fascination with a little white ball, Cinderella Story is one pilgrim's bemused path through the doglegs. |