In conversation with Jeff Benedict, moderated by B.J. Schecter
10:00 – 10:50 at Church of the Redeemer
About the author
John Dechant is the author of Little Poison: Paul Runyan, Sam Snead, and a Long-Shot Upset at the 1938 PGA Championship. In 2016, he wrote Scoreless: Omaha Central, Creighton Prep, and Nebraska’s Greatest High School Football Game, which was named one of “12 Really Good New Sports Books” by the Christian Science Monitor. Dechant lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and is the president of Legacy Preservation, a specialty publishing firm. He is a graduate of Creighton University, where he was a member of the men’s golf team.
MFOB featured book: Little Poison: Paul Runyan, Sam Snead, and a Long-Shot Upset at the 1938 PGA Championship
Little Poison: Paul Runyan, Sam Snead, and a Long-Shot Upset at the 1938 PGA Championship is the story of Paul Runyan, the Arkansas farm boy who stood just five feet, six inches and weighed 130 pounds, and who shocked the golf world by defeating long and lean, sweet-swinging Sam Snead in the finals of the 1938 PGA Championship. In doing so, Runyan earned the nickname “Little Poison.” While Runyan made a career out of punching above his weight on the golf course, capturing more than 20 professional victories between 1930 and 1941, none was more significant than his victory over Snead.
