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Dan Jenkins (1) (1928–2019)

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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 toon meer 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) toon minder

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Werken van Dan Jenkins

Semi-Tough (1972) 218 exemplaren
Dead Solid Perfect (1974) 112 exemplaren
Baja Oklahoma (1981) 98 exemplaren
You Gotta Play Hurt (1991) 97 exemplaren
Fast Copy: A Novel (1960) 86 exemplaren
Slim and None (2005) 53 exemplaren
Fairways and Greens (1994) 45 exemplaren
Rude Behavior (1998) 43 exemplaren
The Best American Sports Writing 1995 (1995) — Redacteur — 37 exemplaren
The Franchise Babe: A Novel (2008) 36 exemplaren
His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir (1800) 27 exemplaren
Limo (1976) 25 exemplaren

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Officiële naam
Jenkins, Dan Thomas
Geboortedatum
1928-12-02
Overlijdensdatum
2019-03-07
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Plaats van overlijden
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Woonplaatsen
Florida, USA
Opleiding
Texas Christian University
Beroepen
sportswriter
novelist
memoirist
Organisaties
Golf Digest
Sports Illustrated
Playboy

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Country music doesn't do much for me, but the cheerful bleakness of this style of humor does. Or bleak cheerfulness. One of the two.

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.
 
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3Oranges | 2 andere besprekingen | Jun 24, 2023 |
Stick a Fork in Me is another wonderful book by Dan Jenkins, especially this day and age of constant political correctness. This time the book is about an Athletic Director on the eve of his retirement as he recounts all that he has had to endure dealing with the sports programs at a medium size university.
The book says it’s fiction but you know at least half of it is likely true.
Dan Jenkins was an amazing writer of fiction books about his two favorite subjects football especially college, and Gold, was well as an excellent sports column writer, mostly at Sports Illustrated.
His books are always full of laughs.
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zmagic69 | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 31, 2023 |
I quick little memoir, from a very funny fiction writer, and one of the best golf and football sports writers ever.
 
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zmagic69 | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 31, 2023 |
Redneck wit and wisdom with a early 90s slant from Dan Jenkins.
 
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Werken
27
Ook door
5
Leden
1,200
Populariteit
#21,382
Waardering
½ 3.7
Besprekingen
23
ISBNs
126

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