The Border Empire vs The Legend of Bagger Vance: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Border Empire The Border Empire Ralph Compton · 1997 ★★★★☆ 4.0 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Moderate

Wes Stone was a lawman—until the Sandlin gang gunned down his legendary father. Now, he's giving up his badge for vengeance...

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Cover of The Legend of Bagger Vance The Legend of Bagger Vance Steven Pressfield · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.3 272 pages · ≈ 5 h 02 m · Moderate

The protagonist of this metaphysical fable is Rannulph Junah, Southern aristocrat and World War I hero. In a tournament in Savannah, he defeats two golf pros by following the teachings of his guru, Bagger Vance, a black…

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How to choose

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The Border EmpireThe Legend of Bagger Vance
Goodreads — 4.1 (45)
Hardcover 3.0 (1) 3.8 (5)
Apple Books 4.0 (115) 4.5 (117)

Reception

The Border EmpireThe Legend of Bagger Vance
Ratings 115 117
Editions 2 12
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 19
Written reviews — 4
Wikipedia attention — 21973
Pages 352 272

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