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The Best American Sports Writing of the Century (The Best American Series ®) Paperback - 1999
by Halberstam, David [Editor]; Stout, Glenn [Editor];
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian selects the 50 best pieces of sports writing of the century, capturing the great moments in baseball, boxing, horse racing, golf, and tennis.
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- Title The Best American Sports Writing of the Century (The Best American Series ®)
- Author Halberstam, David [Editor]; Stout, Glenn [Editor];
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 816
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Boston
- Date 1999-06-16
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0395945143-3-23650356
- ISBN 9780395945148 / 0395945143
- Weight 2.1 lbs (0.95 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 2 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 5.08 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Sports literature - United States, Sports stories, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001268588
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.097
Summary
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Halberstam selects the fifty best pieces of sports writing of this century. The Best American Sports Writing of the Century showcases the best sports journalists of the twentieth century, from Jimmy Cannon, Red Smith, William Mack, Gary Smith, and Frank Deford to A. J. Liebling, Tom Wolfe, and Hunter S. Thompson, and includes such classics as "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" by Richard Ben Cramer, "Louis Knocks Out Schmeling" by Bob Considine, and "The Rocky Road of Pistol Pete" by W. C. Heinz. This outstanding collection captures not only the century's greatest moments in baseball, boxing, horseracing, golf, and tennis, but some of the finest writing of our time. Guest editor David Halberstam is the author of The Reckoning, The Summer of Forty-Nine, The Breaks of the Game, and, most recently, The Children. Series editor Glenn Stout has written biographies of Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Jackie Robinson.
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/15/1999, Page 1660
- Ingram Advance, 06/01/1999, Page 122
- Library Journal, 05/15/1999, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 04/26/1999, Page 69
- School Library Journal, 12/01/1999, Page 166