Ebook {Epub PDF} His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir by Dan Jenkins

In His Ownself, Dan Jenkins takes us on a tour of his legendary career as a sportswriter and novelist. Here we see Dan's hone his craft, from his high school paper through to his first job at the Fort Worth Press and on to the glory days of Sports Illustrated. Whether in Texas, New York, or anywhere for that matter, Dan was always at the center of it all—hanging out at Elaine's while swapping stories with /5(). His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir by Mr. Dan Jenkins starting at $ His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir has 2 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace.  · • Review: “His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir,” by Dan Jenkins; Doubleday, , pages; $ • • • In when Dan Jenkins got called up to the big leagues – a plum assignment covering his two great sporting loves, golf and college football, for Sports Illustrated in New York – he recalls his mentor, Blackie Sherrod, saying, “You won’t have a problem. Right or wrong, you.

"His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir" ( publication; pages) is the brainchild of the legendary ex-Sports Illustrated Dan Jenkins. Jenkins is 86 years old, or thereabouts, if you can believe it. Why he has waited so many years to publish a memoir, even if it's only a "semi-memoir" in Jenkins' mind, I haven't the faintest clue. His ownself: a semi-memoir by Jenkins, Dan. Publication date Topics "From Dan Jenkins--one of America's most respected and acclaimed sportswriters and author of the bestselling novels Semi-tough and Dead solid perfect--comes a memoir about his lifelong journey through the world of sports"--Dust jacket flap. The colorful, sentimental, funny, affectionate, cantankerous memoir by the most colorful, funniest, most cantankerous-- and probably the most revered-- sportswriter of the last fifty years. Dan Jenkins is accepted as one of the greatest (if not the greatest) golf writer of all time, wrote beloved bestselling novels and abused more corporate expense accounts than anyone who ever lived.

In His Ownself, Dan Jenkins takes us on a tour of his legendary career as a sportswriter and novelist. Here we see Dan's hone his craft, from his high school paper through to his first job at the Fort Worth Press and on to the glory days of Sports Illustrated. Whether in Texas, New York, or anywhere for that matter, Dan was always at the center of it all—hanging out at Elaine's while swapping stories with politicians and movie stars, covering every Masters and U.S. Open and British Open. None. xiv, pages, [8] pages of plates: 25 cm. "From Dan Jenkins--one of America's most respected and acclaimed sportswriters and author of the bestselling novels Semi-tough and Dead solid perfect--comes a memoir about his lifelong journey through the world of sports"--Dust jacket flap. Recounts the author's life as a sports writer, sharing his humorous and colorful experiences in journalism, sports, and show business. As Dan Jenkins says in the first few pages of his memoir: "Sometimes, I envy my own childhood." A lot of us can say that about Dan's entire life. He grew up in the Great Depression, but he doesn't seem ever to have been depressed. He was too busy having fun and enjoying life. In His Ownself, we now get to share in the fun.