The Kingdom of Golf in America

by Richard J. Moss

Book Overview

For golf's true enthusiasts, the game is far more--and far more complex--than a simple hobby, commodity, or slice of the sports industry. It is a physical and mental place to be, a community. It has a history, a hierarchy, laws, a language, and a literature. And in Richard J. Moss, it has a chronicler.

From its beginnings in the northeastern United States in the 1880s, golf has seen its popularity, and its fortunes, wax and wane, affected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803244827
• ISBN13: 9780803244825
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"