The best American sports writing of the century /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.
Description:xxxiii, 776 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:The best American sports writing series, 1056-8034
Best American sports writing series.
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3859099
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Halberstam, David.
ISBN:0395945135
9780395945131
0395945143
9780395945148
Summary:"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."