Ken Raynor is the head golf professional at Cape Arundel
Golf Course and Coral Creek Club. He was inducted into the Maine
Golf Hall of Fame in 2005 and was New England PGA Professional of
the Year in 2003. Raynor resides with his wife Anne in
Kennebunkport, Maine, and Placida, Florida, and fishes both
locations with enthusiasm.
Michael Patrick Shiels is the author of several books,
including Golf's Short Game for Dummies and Secrets of the Great
Golf Course Architects. Shiels, a contributor to Forbes.com, is
also a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and was an
advance volunteer for George H. W. Bush's two presidential
campaigns. He serves on the committee for the George H. W. Bush
Celebrity Golf fundraiser in Kennebunkport. Shiels resides in
Michigan, where he hosts an award-winning syndicated morning radio
program
“For me and my family Ken has been an inspiration. Though Ken is a
serious golfer he can play fast, and he is just plain a lot of fun
to be around out on the links. Pro– mine! Friend, fisherman, great
guy.” —President George H.W. Bush
“President Bush would not be what some might expect of someone who
is so much in the public eye and has served as the
commander-in-chief. He’s a very thoughtful, caring, and considerate
person.” —Jack Nicklaus, twenty-time Major Championship winner
“I see so many similar characteristics between President Bush and
Ken Raynor. They are two very understated gentlemen who are
outdoorsmen and family people with unlimited integrity who have a
presence about them that represents the finest things in life.”
—Jim Nantz, CBS Sports
“President Bush is like what everybody wishes their father or
grandfather was like, or their best friend. It has been a thrill
for me to get to spend time with him on and off the golf course.
The rest of the day is fun, too.” —Davis Love III, PGA Tour player,
Major Championship winner, and Ryder Cup captain
"In this affecting, plainspoken memoir, Ken Raynor and Michael
Patrick Shiels give us a warm, engaging portrait of the longtime
friendship between Raynor and a pal who happened to be the 41st
president of the United States--George Herbert Walker Bush. Through
stories from the golf course and on the water as they fished and
talked together, Raynor shows us the gracious human side of the
former president, a man whose company was unfailingly wonderful and
whose decency is much missed in the public arena today. In these
pages you will feel as if you were lucky enough to be wrapped in
the enveloping embrace of the Bush family's affection—and you'll
see why Bush loves Ken. By the end of the book, you will, too."
—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author and
presidential historian
“Raynor along with Shiels peels back the curtain to reveal a
fascinating perspective and intimate look into our 41st President
George H.W. Bush…one that has never been seen or heard of before.”
—Tom Ward, Sports Page Weekly
“His book becomes instantly invaluable, a gift bestowed with his
mastery and comprehension on the subject. It is a book written for
the theater student, the aspiring theater manager, the future
producer, or even a new producer just beginning. Of course, it is
also a book for the theater lover who simply enjoys reading about
insider secrets of stage productions.” ―Dylan Ward, The US
Review of Books
“For me and my family Ken has been an inspiration. Though Ken is a
serious golfer he can play fast, and he is just plain a lot of fun
to be around out on the links. Pro– mine! Friend, fisherman, great
guy.” —President George H.W. Bush
“President Bush would not be what some might expect of someone who
is so much in the public eye and has served as the
commander-in-chief. He’s a very thoughtful, caring, and considerate
person.” —Jack Nicklaus, twenty-time Major Championship winner
“I see so many similar characteristics between President Bush and
Ken Raynor. They are two very understated gentlemen who are
outdoorsmen and family people with unlimited integrity who have a
presence about them that represents the finest things in life.”
—Jim Nantz, CBS Sports
“President Bush is like what everybody wishes their father or
grandfather was like, or their best friend. It has been a thrill
for me to get to spend time with him on and off the golf course.
The rest of the day is fun, too.” —Davis Love III, PGA Tour player,
Major Championship winner, and Ryder Cup captain
"In this affecting, plainspoken memoir, Ken Raynor and Michael
Patrick Shiels give us a warm, engaging portrait of the longtime
friendship between Raynor and a pal who happened to be the 41st
president of the United States--George Herbert Walker Bush. Through
stories from the golf course and on the water as they fished and
talked together, Raynor shows us the gracious human side of the
former president, a man whose company was unfailingly wonderful and
whose decency is much missed in the public arena today. In these
pages you will feel as if you were lucky enough to be wrapped in
the enveloping embrace of the Bush family's affection—and you'll
see why Bush loves Ken. By the end of the book, you will, too."
—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author and
presidential historian
“Raynor along with Shiels peels back the curtain to reveal a
fascinating perspective and intimate look into our 41st President
George H.W. Bush…one that has never been seen or heard of before.”
—Tom Ward, Sports Page Weekly
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