Francis and Eddie
Subtitle: the true story of America's underdogs
By: written by Brad Herzog ; illustrated by Zachary Pullen
Contributors: Pullen, Zachary
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Why Not Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Pacific Grove, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780984991921
Subjects: Golfers; Golf; U.S. Open (Golf tournament); Juvenile literature; Biography; History
Description: "In 1913 the world's finest golfers gathered at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, to compete in golf's national championship, the U.S. Open. Joining them was a little-known amateur, twenty-year-old Francis Ouimet, who lived across the street from the course and had taught himself to play by sneaking onto the fairways with the only golf club he owned. He competed against his idols in front of a crowd that grew from a handful of spectators to a horde of thousands as he and his four-foot-tall caddie, ten-year-old Eddie Lowery, attempted to pull off the impossible. Along the way, they forged a lifelong friendship"--From publisher description.