Stout, Glenn, ed. Chasing Tiger; the Tiger Woods reader.Perseus, Da Capo da ca·po adv. Music Abbr. DC From the beginning. Used as a direction to repeat a passage. [Italian : da, from + capo, head.] . 213p. c2002. 0306-81124-3. $15.00. SA Twenty-one previously published articles comprise Chasing Tiger. Read all at once they are repetitious rep·e·ti·tious adj. Filled with repetition, especially needless or tedious repetition. rep  e·ti . How many times do you want to hear about Tiger's ethnic background, his early talent, his dad's driving mania for his son's success, his impressive statistics on the course? If the answer is 21, then this is the book for you. The articles are from such diverse sources as The New York New York, state, United StatesNew York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Stanford Alumni magazine, GQ, National Review, The Washington Post, Golf Digest Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Advance Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. , Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. , The Boston Globe, and the Times of London. Each writer seems to be trying to find something new to say about the young golf phenomenon. One author quotes some off-color jokes Woods told during a photo shoot in a studio. Another suggests that Woods used bad language when frustrated with his game during tense matches. Overall the book is enlightening, easy to read, but repetitious. It would be wonderful for a Tiger fan, of which there are many. Janet Julian, former English Teacher, Grafton H.S., Grafton, MA |
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