Fathers & sons & sports : great writing
2009
Book
Presents tales about fathers sending their sons off to battle, sons who dared to challenge their fathers in competition, boys and men finding a common language in a shared passion. From the Little League diamond to the local fishing hole to the high school wrestling mat to the collegiate gridiron, from the backyards of America to the most famous stadiums in the world, these stories all share one thing: breathtaking insight into what makes sports an essential part of life.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781933060705
- 1933060700
Edition: First paperback edition.
Description: xv, 319 pages ; 21 cm
Other Title: Fathers and sons and sports
Contents:
- Worlds apart / Tom Friend
- Father's small hope / Paul Solotaroff
- From Little league confidential / Bill Geist
- From Senior year / Dan Shaughnessy
- From It never rains in Tiger Stadium / John Ed Bradley
- From After Jackie / Henry Aaron as told to Cal Fussman
- From Pistol: the life of Pete Maravich / Mark Kriegel
- Someone you want to play with / Jeff Bradley
- What got you where you are / Mike Golic with Andrew Chaikivsky
- Flip turn / Ron Reagan
- My dad, the bookie / Michael J. Agovino
- Holy ground / Wright Thompson
- Sporting chance / Lew Schneider
- Dirty moves / James Brown
- Mailer vs. Mailer / John Buffalo Mailer
- From A river runs through it / Norman Maclean
- From Fathers playing catch with sons / Donald Hall
- Tangled up in blue / Peter Richmond
- From Friday night lights / Buzz Bissinger
- From Blood horses / John Jeremiah Sullivan
- Father's gift / Jeremy Schaap
- From King's gambit / Paul Hoffman
- From The last shot / Darcy Frey
- Bo knows / Steve Wulf.
Control Number: 481571
Publisher: New York : ESPN Books, 2009.Subjects:
- Fathers and sons -- United States.
- Sports -- United States.
- Sports journalism -- United States.
- Sports stories.
Genre: Essays.
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