Saturday's America

by Dan Jenkins

First Edition. Hardcover. Book Near Fine. Jacket Very Good.

Genres: Sports, History, Nonfiction

292 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Dan Jenkins was an American author and sportswriter, most notably for Sports Illustrated.

Jenkins was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended R.L. Paschal High School and Texas Christian University (TCU), where he played on the varsity golf team. Jenkins worked for many publications including the Fort Worth Press, Dallas Times Herald, Playboy, and Sports Illustrated. In 1985 he retired from Sports Illustrated and began writing books full-time and maintained a monthly column in Golf Digest magazine.

Larry King called Jenkins "the quintessential Sports Illustrated writer" and "the best sportswriter in America." Jenkins authored numerous works and over 500 articles for Sports Illustrated. In 1972, Jenkins wrote his first novel, Semi-Tough.

His daughter, Sally Jenkins, is a sports columnist for the Washington Post.

Reviews

[Josh Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was fun and it was cool being transported into a time that I knew, but only vaguely. Some names I learned, others I recognized. It was really interesting being brought into that world. Most stuff aged ok, other stuff not so much. Very funny. 7/10

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit disappointing as much of this is Jenkins' repurposed Sports Illustrated stories, but since he's their best-ever college football writer that's not much of a bad thing.

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorites. Jenkins satirical style of playfully mocking players, coaches & fans back in the 60s reminds me of stuff I read on blogs today.