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A Young Golfer's Epic Journey to Find the Essence of the Game
Scribner
June 2013
On Sale: May 21, 2013
272 pages
ISBN: 145169363X
EAN: 9781451693638
Kindle: B008J4CIRW
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Non-Fiction Memoir
AT SEVENTEEN, Dylan Dethier couldn’t help but think he’d
never really done anything with his life. So, two months
before his freshman year was set to begin, he deferred
admission to Williams College. With the reluctant blessing
of his parents, Dylan set out on his idea of the Great
American Road Trip: to play a round of golf in each of the
lower forty-eight states. What began as the teenage
wanderlust of a sheltered New England kid became a journey
into America’s heart and soul, to “figure out where—and
why—golf fit in” and what it means to be a young man today.
From a municipal course amid the decaying factories
of Flint, Michigan, to the emerald fairways of Pebble Beach
to a dramatic par-3 in the Badlands of North Dakota to
rubbing elbows with Phil Mickelson at Quail Hollow, Dylan
explores the variety of the nation’s golf courses, the
multiplicity of its towns and cities, and, most strikingly
of all, the diversity of its people.
Hoping to find
a game that would transcend golf’s elitist reputation, he
would play with war veterans, autoworkers, and livestock
auctioneers and discover the sport’s surprising capacity to
break down barriers. Over one year, 35,000 miles, and
countless nights alone in his dusty Subaru, Dylan showers at
truck stops, sleeps with an ax under his seat, and loses his
virginity. He learns the danger of making bets you can’t
afford to lose and the pleasure of going beyond first
impressions, and above all, the powerful freedom that comes
with following your dreams. Dylan’s eighteenth year was one
of many firsts—venturing into the world alone, exploring
life’s “Big Questions,” and fulfilling an ambitious quest.
With captivating prose and a wry, engaging voice, this
precocious writer weaves an unforgettable portrait of
America’s fairways and those who wander them.
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