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

Halberstam, David

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ISBN 10: 0767904443 ISBN 13: 9780767904445

Casa editrice: Crown, 2000

Riassunto

The Pulitzer Prizewinning historian takes on the life of basketball superstar Michael Jordan, painting a compelling portrait of a man whose life and career was shaped by broader issues of American culture, race, society, and history. Original.

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Recensione:

"The best Jordan book so far."
--Washington Post

"A remarkable book . . . a must-read for basketball fans, admirers of Jordan, and anyone who seeks to understand sports in America today."
--Bill Bradley

"The single greatest sports book I've ever read."
--Dan Le Batard, ESPN Radio

"What David Halberstam delivers--and what the reader has come to expect from Halberstam--is insight, balance, analysis."
--New York Times

"A wonderful book, written by a remarkable journalist."
--Seattle Times

"Halberstam writes the story of Jordan in layers through unforgettable tales of his brilliant career . . . An insider's view of basketball, structured like a sports reporter's private journal."
--Dallas Morning News

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: Crown
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0767904443
• ISBN 13: 9780767904445
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 448