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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich by Kriegel, Mark
by Kriegel, Mark | HC | Good
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- Binding
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- ISBN
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Product Information
Pete Maravich, the basketball virtuoso who battled personal demons off the court, is the focus of this narrative by the bestselling author of "Namath: A Biography." of photos.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0743284976
ISBN-13
9780743284974
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57152730
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pistol : the Life of Pete Maravich
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
General, Basketball
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A remarkable book that is the best researched biography yet of this revolutionary basketball player."-- "The Raleigh News and Observer", "Pistol Pete's moves on the basketball court defied the laws of physics. He did things you can't even film. He deserves a biographer with magic powers of his own, and he's found one in Mark Kriegel."-- Will Blythe, author of "To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever", "This is the best sports book I've read in years. The research, the writing, the pace -- it's All-Pro material." -- Terry Pluto, "The Akron Beacon Journal", ""Pistol" is a beautifully written book that captures the soul and inner turmoil of this son and father."-- "The Tennessean", "Mark Kriegel has written the sport's bio equivalent of Maravich on a fast break: dazzling and smart, and, even at 381 pages, over before you knew it." -- "The Wall Street Journal", "I grew up possessed by the legend of 'Pistol' Pete Maravich. I've seen all the great basketball players of my time. I've marveled at the supernatural skills of Michael Jordan, Oscar Roberts, Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant -- all of them far greater basketball players than Pistol. Yet none of them could touch the magical, otherworldly qualities he brought to the court -- the genius and wizardry and breathtaking creativity. He could light up a crowd like a match set to gasoline. His game was lordly, inimitable, and he should have been the greatest to ever play the game. This great book by Mark Kriegel will explain why he was not. I never saw a greater or more electrifying basketball player, and the Pistol's is one of the saddest stories ever told. What a book!"-- Pat Conroy, author ofMy Losing SeasonandThe Prince of Tides, ""Pistol" is not just a biography of a transcendent, doomed athlete; it is a mesmerizing tale of a striving, grasping American family as dramatic as myth, of a father and son as intertwined as Daedalus and Icarus. Kriegel has written the rarest of sports books: a fast-paced, through-the-night page-turner. This isn't a slam dunk, it's a tomahawk glass-shatterer. "Pistol" is nothing but sensational."-- Rick Telander, author of "Heaven Is a Playground" and senior sports columnist, "Chicago Sun-Times", ""Pistol" skillfully pulls off the balancing act required of good sports biography. It plays large historical forces (segregation, the rise of televised sports) against the individual magic of its subject." --" New York Magazine", "Like the best journalists, Kriegel has the ability to get out of the way and let a good story tell itself." -- "The Atlanta Journal Constitution", ""Pistol" is a classic American tale wonderfully told. With deep research and a vivid narrative style, Mark Kriegel brings us the joy and sorrow of Pete Maravich, an inimitable basketball player who was both timeless and before his time, an original talent haunted by demons -- his father's and his own."-- David Maraniss, author of "Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero", "I grew up possessed by the legend of 'Pistol' Pete Maravich. I've marveled at the supernatural skills of Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant -- all of them were greater basketball players than the 'Pistol'. Yet none of them could touch the magical, otherworldly qualities he brought to the court, the genius and wizardry and breathtaking creativity. He could light up a crowd like a match set to gasoline. His game was lordly, inimitable and he should have been the greatest player to ever play the game. This great book by Mark Kriegel will explain why he was not. I never saw a greater or more electrifying basketball player and the 'Pistol's' is one of the saddest stories ever told. What a book!"-- Pat Conroy, bestselling author of "My Losing Season" and "The Prince of Tides"
Lccn
2006-051526
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
B
Lc Classification Number
Gv884.M3k75 2007
Table of Content
Contents Prologue One: Special Opportunity Two: Mr. Basketball Three: Pro Ball Four: The Cult of Press Five: Country Gentlemen Six: The Basketball Gene Seven: The Devil in Ronnie Montini Eight: "Pistol Pete" Nine: Changing the Game Ten: The Deep End Eleven: King of the Cow Palace Twelve: Showtime Thirteen: One of Us Fourteen: Marked Man Fifteen: The Blackhawks Sixteen: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being Pete Seventeen: Take Me Eighteen: Smothered Nineteen: All That Jazz Twenty: The Loser Twenty-One: Take Me, Part 2 Twenty-Two: Amazing Grace Twenty-Three: Patrimony Notes Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
2007
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