Dan Jenkins (1) (1928–2019)
Autor de Semi-Tough
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Sobre El Autor
Dan Thomas Jenkins was born in Fort Worth, Texas on December 2, 1928. He graduated from Texas Christian University. In the mid-1950s, he became a writer and editor at The Fort Worth Press. He was promoted to sports editor before joining Sports Illustrated in 1962, where his main beats were golf and mostrar más college football. His first novel, Semi-Tough, was published in 1972 and adapted into a movie in 1978. His other novels included Dead Solid Perfect, Baja Oklahoma, You Gotta Play Hurt, and Limo written with Bud Shrake. His memoir, His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir, was published in 2014. He later wrote for Playboy and was a senior writer for Golf Digest. He died on March 7, 2019 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Dan Jenkins
Jenkins at the Majors: Sixty Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger (2009) 22 copias
Bubba Talks: Of Life, Love, Sex, Whiskey, Politics, Foreigners, Teenagers, Movies, Food, Football, and Other Matters… (1993) 13 copias
I'll Tell You One Thing: The Untold Truth About Texas, America & College Football, With Pictures to Prove It (1999) 7 copias
Greatest Moments in TCU Football 1 copia
"The Best of the Bowl Crop" 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game (2005) — Introducción — 94 copias
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contribuidor — 45 copias
Sports Illustrated Presents That Championship Season: Nebraska 1994 (1995) — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Jenkins, Dan Thomas
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1928-12-02
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2019-03-07
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Florida, USA
- Educación
- Texas Christian University
- Ocupaciones
- sportswriter
novelist
memoirist - Organizaciones
- Golf Digest
Sports Illustrated
Playboy
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 27
- También por
- 5
- Miembros
- 1,204
- Popularidad
- #21,330
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 23
- ISBNs
- 126
Yes, there's humor here that won't fly with modern sensibilities. The racism of the characters (not the work itself) is going to be too much for some readers, who expect all character flaws to be punished or at least explicitly condemned by the narrative.
Folksy and funny.