The Legend of Bagger Vance
by Steven Pressfield
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Author: Steven PressfieldEdition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2000-10-03
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 272
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Book Review: The Book is Good, the Movie was Better
Summary: 3 Stars
I am a huge fan of the movie version of The Legend of Bagger Vance. It works as a great sports story, nice character piece, and a heartfelt drama. So after a few years, I worked my way to reading the novel that the movie was based on.
This is rare for me to say, but I enjoyed the movie much more.
The book sets up the great idea of a 1931 golf match between Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, and a "natural-esque" Randolph Junah. Tossed into the mix is a young boy and a mysterious caddy who accompany Junah on a journey to discover his "authentic swing" while competing against two of the greatest golfers in history.
The movie worked because it stuck to the golf match and gave us little asides to Bagger Vance...and was he more than he appeared? The book however pounds us over the head with the mysticism and leaves little to the imagination because by the end everything is spelled out for you.
If you like golf or sports movies then I recommend the movie The Legend of Bagger Vance. As for a read, much like my golf game...this one is hit and miss.
Summary of The Legend of Bagger Vance
In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, meet for a mesmerizing thirty-six-hole showdown. Another golfer will also compete--a troubled local war hero, once a champion, who comes with his mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance. Sage and charismatic, it is Vance who will ultimately guide the match--for he holds the secret of the Authentic Swing. And he alone can show his prot?g? the way back to glory.Book Subjects
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