Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made - Rilegato

Halberstam, David

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ISBN 10: 0679415629 ISBN 13: 9780679415626

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1999

Riassunto

Presents a portrait of the basketball superstar and his dramatic impact on the changing world of American sports, examining Jordan's diverse roles as talented athlete, celebrity spokesman, and cultural icon

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Recensione:

"David Halberstam has written a remarkable book about the changes in American society over the last twenty-five years. On one level, it is about basketball and the game's greatest player, Michael Jordan. On another level, it is about how an entertainment culture envelops Jordan and makes him its own. But on its deepest level, it is a story about working to overcome the odds, honoring parents and family, and striving to become a   positive social force. This book is a must read for basketball fans, admirers of Jordan, and anyone who seeks to understand sports in America today."       --Bill Bradley

Praise for

The Breaks of the Game

"One of the best books I've ever read about sports."
--The New York Times

"The best book Halberstam has written...immediate and moving."
--The Washington Post

Summer of '49

"Dazzling... a celebration of a vanished heroic age and a 'simpler America.' "
--The New York Times

"Paradise regained...a gorgeous story with personalities and anecdotes jam-packing every page."
--Newsweek

The Amateurs
"Astonishing... moving. One of the best books ever written about a sport."
--Newsweek

L'autore:

David Halberstam is the author of fifteen books, including The Best and the Brightest, The Powers That Be, The Reckoning, The Breaks of the Game, Summer of '49, October 1964, and The Amateurs. He has received every major journalistic award, including the Pulitzer Prize, and is a member of the Society of American Historians.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0679415629
• ISBN 13: 9780679415626
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 421