Praise for
"Arnie & Jack"
"An exemplary sports history ... O'Connor offers thrillingly dramatic
depictions of each on-course encounter, and his comprehensive interviews
humanize the two legends."
--- Kirkus Reviews
"O’Connor very wisely lets the story tell itself, often in
the words of the principals and their friends and families, without a lot of
theorizing or interpretation."
--- New York Times Book Review
"Drawing on exclusive access to Palmer and Nicklaus,
O'Connor explores one of the greatest
-- and most misunderstood --
rivalries in sports history with 316 pages of fascinating narrative."
---
Gary D-Amato, Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel
"Ian
O'Connor's chronicle of Palmer and Nicklaus gives readers a picture-perfect view
of how they made the sport what it is today."
---
John Feinstein,
best-selling author, Washington Post
"An exceptional read." --- USAToday.com
"You can't go
wrong writing or reading about those two guys, and O'Connor certainly got it
right."
--- Mike Herrmann,
newsday.com "A classic work on the classic rivalry." ---
Edwin Pope, Miami Herald
"An arresting narrative about the way Palmer pushed Nicklaus and the way
Nicklaus pushed Palmer..." --- Mike Vaccaro, New York Post
"You'll laugh,
you'll cry -- OK, maybe you won't laugh or cry, but you will have a great time
reading about the best rivalry in golf history." --- Joe Posnanski, Kansas City
Star
"Ian
O'Connor examines, analyzes, and ultimately unravels the greatest, yet most
misunderstood, rivalry in sports history...fascinating."
--- Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles
Times
"The definitive book on an often complicated but honorable
relationship."
---
Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com
"Ian O'Connor did his legwork. ... Offers a
detailed account of two unique and driven athletes ..."
--- Colman McCarthy,
author, Washington Post
"Refreshing and
captivating." ---
Bob D'Angelo, Tampa
Tribune
"Anyone who cares about the history of golf should
welcome this book. At a time when there is a craze for golf books that are
half-factual at best to find one that is as well researched as this is as much
of a bonus as finding a new ball in the rough."
-- The Times of
London
"With Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, the era of the big-business
player truly arrived. This account of the rivalry between the two most
successful golfers of their era suggests that their relationship was soured by
mutual envy".
-- Book of
the Week (July 2008) in the Sports pages of the Independent of
London
