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12 Hot Father's Day Books
Born to Run By Christopher McDougall 304 pages. Knopf. $24.95
Born to Run
by Christopher McDougall
In this riveting adventure story, McDougall takes readers on a journey to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance runners—the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons—and learn their secrets. Along the way, he reveals why most of what we believe about running is wrong. From high-tech science labs at Harvard to, eventually, an extreme road race in Tarahumara country, McDougall’s narrative may make Dad feel like a world traveler (and perhaps a world-class athlete) without leaving his easy chair.
Homer Kelley’s Golfing Machine By Scott Gummer 288 pages. Gotham. $26.00
Homer Kelley’s Golfing Machine
by Scott Gummer
No Father’s Day roundup would be complete without a golf book. Gummer’s narrative tells the tale of unlikely golf genius Homer Kelley and his 1969 classic, The Golfing Machine. After obsessively devoting himself to uncovering the physics of the sport, Kelley published his widely read manual, changing golfers’ views of the modern swing. Gummer’s book will not only inform and entertain golf lovers, but may also just help them to improve their game.
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