A century ago, in 1913, the world\'s finest golfers gathered at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, to compete in golf\'s national championship, the U.
He has been interviewed on "The Today Show" and "Oprah" and has been profiled in publications ranging from People magazine to.
As a freelance magazine writer, Brad has been honored several times by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), including a Grand Gold Medal for best feature article of the year.
His series of children\'s alphabet books for Sleeping Bear Press include G IS FOR GOLD MEDAL, H IS FOR HOME RUN, and S IS FOR SAVE THE PLANET, which was a finalist in the National "Best Books 2009" Awards and won a Mom\'s Choice Award.
Brad\'s five-book nonfiction series for Free Spirit Publishing celebrates inspiring True sports stories reflecting five character attributes--sportsmanship, perseverance, teamwork, generosity, and courage.
He has written three critically acclaimed travel memoirs about his travels through small-town America.
What Seabiscuit is to the "sport of kings" Francis and Eddie are to the "gentleman\'s game."About the Author: Brad Herzog is the author of more than three-dozen books for children and five titles for adults, including MY MANTELPIECE, the co-authored memoirs of late civil rights icon Carolyn Goodman (with a foreword by Maya Angelou).
In Francis AND EDDIE award-winning author Brad Herzog and award-winning illustrator Zachary Pullen celebrate golf\'s most inspiring underdog story.
Along the way, they forged a lifelong friendship.
Together, against their idols and in front of a crowd that grew from a handful of spectators to a horde of thousands, they attempted to pull off the impossible.
His caddie? Ten-year-old Eddie Lowery, who stood only four feet tall.
Joining them was a little-known amateur, 20-year-old Francis Ouimet, who lived across the street from the course and taught himself to play by sneaking onto the fairways with the only golf club he owned.
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A century ago, in 1913, the world\'s finest golfers gathered at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, to compete in golf\'s national championship, the U
