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18 in America: A Young Golfer's Epic Journey to Find the Essence of the Game

by Dylan Dethier

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"At seventeen, Dylan Dethier couldn't help but think he'd never really done anything with his life. So, two months before his freshman year was set to begin, he deferred admission to Williams College. With the reluctant blessing of his parents, Dylan set out on his idea of the Great American Road Trip: to play a round of golf in each of the lower forty-eight states. What began as the teenage wanderlust of a sheltered New England kid became a journey into America's heart and soul, to "figure out where--and why--golf fit in" and what it means to be a young man today"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket.… (more)
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This young writer has talent and a style that is unique in keeping your attention. It is not a book about how to improve you golf game but rather about the relationship of the game to people from all walks of life. The journey through 48 states frequently sleeping in his car is just the thread to move us from the first tee box of the many unique courses we can only dream to play on. ( )
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If you're an eighteen-year-old kid in desperate need of money, living out of the back of your parents' filthy Subaru wagon three thousand miles from home, and if you find yourself sharing a Las Vegas driving range with a guy who looks (and smells) like a homeless Johnny Depp, and that guy offers to play a round of golf against you for a substantial amount of money, just say no – before things go terribly wrong.
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"At seventeen, Dylan Dethier couldn't help but think he'd never really done anything with his life. So, two months before his freshman year was set to begin, he deferred admission to Williams College. With the reluctant blessing of his parents, Dylan set out on his idea of the Great American Road Trip: to play a round of golf in each of the lower forty-eight states. What began as the teenage wanderlust of a sheltered New England kid became a journey into America's heart and soul, to "figure out where--and why--golf fit in" and what it means to be a young man today"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket.

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