Dan jenkins, bestselling author who wrote semitough. Semitough is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by dan jenkins, and the screenplay was written by walter bernstein. Buy semitough book online at best prices in india on. Author of football, ill semi tough, cloch yr ysgol a chaneuon eraill ir plant, baja oklahoma, confederate and union buttons of the gulf coast, 18611865, military buttons of the gulf coast, 17111830, bubba talks of life, love, sex, whiskey, politics, foreigners, teenagers, movies, food, football, and other matters that occasionally concern human beings, his ownself a semimemoir. Oct 28, 2015 dan jenkins is the author of ten novels, including semitough, dead solid perfect, the moneywhipped steerjob threejack giveup artist, and, most recently, slim and none. Seventh on sports illustrateds top 100 sports books of all time, dan jenkins semitough is a raucous, politically incorrect football spoof starring new york giants redneck star billy clyde puckett. As puckett records the outrageous buildup to his t. Winner of the 2012 penespn lifetime achievement award for literary sports writing, dan jenkins became nationally known for his twentyfive. Semitough by dan jenkins a portion of this book has appeared in playboy magazine.
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Dan jenkins, who specialized in covering golf and football on the pages of sports illustrated and in making readers laugh with satirical sports. When i was fourteen, i thought this was the funniest. Dan jenkins is the author of ten novels, including semitough, dead solid perfect, the moneywhipped steerjob threejack giveup artist, and, most recently, slim and none. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading semi tough. And about his best friend shake with whom he sometimes has conversations about what the world amounted to. Dan jenkins has 35 books on goodreads with 7943 ratings. Don imus made into a hilarious and timeless film starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, and jill clayburgh, and recently named number seven on sports illustrated s top 100 sports books of all time, semitough is dan jenkins s masterpiece and considered by many to be the funniest sports book ever written. Made into a hilarious and timeless film starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, and jill clayburgh, and recently named number seven on sports illustrateds top 100 sports books of all time, semitough is dan jenkins s masterpiece and considered by many to be the funniest sports book ever written. Out of this, dan jenkins of sports illustrated has written a book that is about sports, but not about sports.
Don imusmade into a hilarious and timeless film starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, and jill clayburgh, and recently named number seven on sports illustrateds top 100 sports books of all time, semitough is dan jenkins s masterpiece and considered by many to be the funniest sports book ever written. He was a writer, known for baja oklahoma 1988, semitough 1977 and dead solid perfect 1988. In his novel, semitough, dan jenkins has a bestseller all about pro football, kind of by larry keith december 04, 1972. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet.
Bernstein and director michael ritchie used parts of jenkins s novel and added parodies of selfhelp groups, new religions, and the human potential movement. Dan jenkins was more than a sportswriter the ringer. When i was fourteen, i thought this was the funniest book ever written. Don imus made into a hilarious and timeless film starring burt reynolds, kris kristofferson, and jill clayburgh, and recently named number seven on sports illustrateds top 100 sports books of all time, semitough is dan jenkins s masterpiece and considered by many to be the funniest sports book ever written. As puckett records the outrageous buildup to his teams super bowl clash with crosstown rivals the. Dan jenkins, the sportswriting great and bestselling author in a career that went from ben hogan to tiger woods and the manual.
Semitough by dan jenkins 1973, paperback for sale online. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Publication date 1972 topics football players fiction, new york n. He has also published seven books of nonfiction, most notably fairways and greens and the dogged victims of inexorable fate and writes an enduringly popular monthly column for golf digest. As puckett records the outrageous buildup to his teams super bowl clash with crosstown rivals the jets, his best friends voluptuous main squeeze puts some kneebuckling moves on him that he.
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