Chicago Golf On The Soul Circuit
By Aaron Browning
published by the African American Golfer’s Digest
Non-fiction
ISBN-13: 978-0-615-75803-9
ISBN-10: 0-615-75803-7
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You won’t be able to put this fascinating book down! Written by Aaron Browning, a native Chicagoan and ‘Chitterling Circuit’ player, you’re transported behind the scenes for a real-life experience with Blacks who golfed in Chicago during the ’50s, an onwards.
Filled with dozens of nostalgic photos, the author’s reflections are uniquely eclectic as he shares how he learned the game playing among friends, pros and legends while working for over four decades at the Pipe O’ Peace Golf Course (now Joe Louis GC).
The chapters shed light on legends Charlie Sifford, James Black, Cliff Brown, Lee Elder, Bobby Stroble and others, while Browning’s casual tone throughout is nonchalant,—in a grown-up folk’s type of way—he keeps you engaged, laughing and begging for more through all 162 pages. It’s jam-packed with anecdotes and colloquialisms resonating Browning’s learned truisms of life. The Foreword is written by Jim Thorpe, a close friend of Browning and the book is the first-ever published by the African American Golfer’s Digest.
