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John McPhee Levels of the Game (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Levels of the Game
- Publication Name
- Levels of the Game
- Title
- Levels of the Game
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0374515263
- EAN
- 9780374515263
- ISBN
- 9780374515263
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Genre
- Sports & Recreation
- Topic
- Tennis
- Release Date
- 01/11/1979
- Release Year
- 1979
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Item Weight
- 7.1 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1979
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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This account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968 begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374515263
ISBN-13
9780374515263
eBay Product ID (ePID)
139411
Product Key Features
Book Title
Levels of the Game
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Tennis
Publication Year
1979
Genre
Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
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McPhee has produced what is probably the best tennis book ever written. On the surface it is a joint profile of . . . Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner, but underneath it is considerably more--namely, a highly original way of looking at human behavoir . . . He proves his point with consummate skill and journalistic artistry. You are the way you play, he is saying. The court is life., "This may be the high point of American sports journalism."-Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times "McPhee has produced what is probably the best tennis book ever written. On the surface it is a joint profile of . . . Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner, but underneath it is considerably more-namely, a highly original way of looking at human behavoir . . . He proves his point with consummate skill and journalistic artistry. You are the way you play, he is saying. The court is life."-Donald Jackson, Life "John McPhee's Levels of the Game . . . alternates between action on the court and interwoven profiles of the contestants. It is a remarkable performance-written with style, verve, insight and wit."-James W. Singer, Chicago Sun-Times, "This may be the high point of American sports journalism." --Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times "McPhee has produced what is probably the best tennis book ever written. On the surface it is a joint profile of . . . Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner, but underneath it is considerably more--namely, a highly original way of looking at human behavoir . . . He proves his point with consummate skill and journalistic artistry. You are the way you play, he is saying. The court is life." --Donald Jackson, Life "John McPhee's Levels of the Game . . . alternates between action on the court and interwoven profiles of the contestants. It is a remarkable performance--written with style, verve, insight and wit." --James W. Singer, Chicago Sun-Times, John McPhee's Levels of the Game . . . alternates between action on the court and interwoven profiles of the contestants. It is a remarkable performance--written with style, verve, insight and wit., "This may be the high point of American sports journalism."-Robert Lipsyte,The New York Times "McPhee has produced what is probably the best tennis book ever written. On the surface it is a joint profile of . . . Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner, but underneath it is considerably more-namely, a highly original way of looking at human behavoir . . . He proves his point with consummate skill and journalistic artistry. You are the way you play, he is saying. The court is life."-Donald Jackson,Life "John McPhee's Levels of the Game . . . alternates between action on the court and interwoven profiles of the contestants. It is a remarkable performance-written with style, verve, insight and wit."-James W. Singer,Chicago Sun-Times, "This may be the high point of American sports journalism." -- Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times "McPhee has produced what is probably the best tennis book ever written. On the surface it is a joint profile of . . . Arthur Ashe and Clark Graebner, but underneath it is considerably more--namely, a highly original way of looking at human behavoir . . . He proves his point with consummate skill and journalistic artistry. You are the way you play, he is saying. The court is life." -- Donald Jackson, Life "John McPhee's Levels of the Game . . . alternates between action on the court and interwoven profiles of the contestants. It is a remarkable performance--written with style, verve, insight and wit." -- James W. Singer, Chicago Sun-Times
Dewey Decimal
796.3420922
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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