CHARLEY BOSWELL, NOW I SEE, Signed, Limited Leather Ed, 100 Numbered Copies #77

Description: CHARLEY BOSWELL, Birmingham, Alabama - NOW I SEE, Autobiography, Blind Golfer, Signed, Leather Limited Edition of 100, Numbered, this copy #77 FOREWORD BY BOB HOPE. Alabama Footall player, WWII hero, National and International acclaimed Blind Golf Champion, who blazed the way for blind golfers to play. Book is written by Charley Boswell with Curt Anders, Foreword by his good friend BOB HOPE. Leather bound book is in very good condition, in storage for 20+ years, a couple of small nicks on top back cover, comes from a non-smoking home. This edition was printed in 1991, Highland Press. VERY RARE!! One morning in November, 1044, as American tanks punched into Germany, Captain Charley Boswell was caught by a searing explosion. After agonizing months of surgery and uncertainty, he faced the crushing realization that he would be blind for life. For the former University of Alabama football star, a crack athlete with hopes before the war of a career in professional baseball, blindness seemed an insurmountable obstacle to normal existence. Then charley Boswell was introduced to the world of blind golf. Now I See is the story of his slow, painful readjustment to daily life, the struggle for a successful business career, the part that home, family and friends played in this uphill fight. It is also the story of his amazing achievements as a blind golfer and the important part golf has played in his life. Since 1947 he has won more than twenty national and international tournaments, the Ben Hogan Award, and many other honors. His own account of his remarkable career will be an inspiration to anyone who faces and seeks to overcome crushing handicaps. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from Ensley High School in 1936, earning a football scholarship to attend the University of Alabama. He won a minor league baseball spot with the Atlanta Crackers in 1941, but was drafted into the United States Army. He was promoted to captain of the Third Battalion, 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division. School in 1936, earning a football scholarship to attend the University of Alabama. He won a minor league baseball spot with the Atlanta Crackers in 1941, but was drafted into the United States Army. He was promoted to captain of the Third Battalion, 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division. He won the championship at the Northland Country Club in Duluth, Minnesota the following year. He subsequently won 16 national championships and 11 international championships over the span of his career. During his career, Boswell had 3 hole in ones. He was inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame in 1972.While You’re Here, Please Visit My Ebay Store! You’ll find 100’s of books &associated with Alabama, the South, the Civil War, Historical Books, Classics and much more! https://www.ebay.com/str/dandaddysbooks

Price: 85 USD

Location: Birmingham, Alabama

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