{"product_id":"the-bowling-chronicles-collected-writings-of-dr-jake-paperback","title":"The Bowling Chronicles: Collected Writings of Dr. Jake - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. R. Schmidt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillions of people bowl yet few know much about bowling's rich history. For more than 25 years, J.R. \"Dr. Jake\" Schmidt has been recounting that history in \u003ci\u003eBowlers Journal International\u003c\/i\u003e with vitality and detail. This collection of 90 of his classic articles presents portraits of Dick Weber, Don Carter, Marion Ladewig and other tenpin immortals. Great matches and tournaments are recalled, along with little-known and forgotten stories--the bowling ball that went around the world, the 300 game that took a week to complete, the symphony concert that featured a bowler rolling against pins on stage, the traveling hustler who passed himself off as a German nobleman, the baseball Hall of Famer who won a national bowling championship, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.R. Schmidt\u003c\/b\u003e earned a PhD in history from the University of Chicago and is a regular on-air contributor on Chicago's public radio station WBEZ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52450567422259,"sku":"9781476667751","price":60.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YXdxbHdkNjdtaWM4MGIzWVpodEJhZz09.webp?v=1759067861","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-bowling-chronicles-collected-writings-of-dr-jake-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}