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Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Compet..
by Fatsis, Stefan
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0618015841
- ISBN 13
- 9780618015849
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 7/7/2001. Hardcover. Like New. 000-448: Hardcover with Dustjacket. 372 pages. No Defects except for a light damp stain inside top spine of jacket. A beautiful, square, tight copy with clean, unmarked pages. Appears to be an unread book. Gift Quality. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition 2001.
Synopsis
Scrabble may be truly called America's game. But for every group of "living-room players" there is someone who is "at one with the board." In Word Freak , Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble game is life-playing competitively in tournaments across the country. It is also the story of how the Scrabble game was invented by an unemployed architect during the Great Depression and how it has grown into the hugely successful, challenging, and beloved game it is today. Along the way, Fatsis chronicles his own obsession with the game and his development as a player from novice to expert. More than a book about hardcore Scrabble players, Word Freak is also an examination of notions of brilliance, memory, language, competition, and the mind that celebrates the uncanny creative powers in us all. A Book Sense 76 pick.
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- Sklubooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37680
- Title
- Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Compet..
- Author
- Fatsis, Stefan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0618015841
- ISBN 13
- 9780618015849
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 7/7/2001
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entertainment;
- X weight
- 25 oz
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