Author : David Halberstam
Release : 1999
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Best American Sports Writing of the Century by : David Halberstam
Download or read book The Best American Sports Writing of the Century written by David Halberstam. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the century's greatest moments in every sport from basseball to chess, these authors (Red Smith, Tom Boswell, John Updike, Jim Murray, Norman Mailer, W.C. Heinz, Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Dick Schaap, David Remnick, Ring Lardner, Gay Talese, William Nack, Frank Deford, George Plimpton, Jon Krakauer) and their subjects (including Joe DiMaggio, Secretariat, Bobby Knight, and Muhammad Ali) reflect the rising societal importance of sports in this century, showing how sports have been shaped by such monumental events as war, the civil rights movement, and the changing economyomy.