Bobby Jones Extra

"Legendary golfer Bobby Jones made thousands of headlines during his storied but brief sports career. Sidney L. Matthew has now compiled more than 200 front-page newspaper features into a fascinating book that offers a unique portrait of Jones and his celebrity, as well as early 20th century history. Each front-page article is reproduced in full, with period photographs. Readers will find the journalistic sports writing of the time unforgettable in its elegance and reverence for this man and his amazing grasp of the time. Just as interesting are the incidental headlines alongside of the stories of the 1920s and 1930s"