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- Book Title
- Pistol : the Life of Pete Maravich
- Publication Name
- Pistol
- Title
- Pistol
- Subtitle
- The Life of Pete Maravich
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0743284984
- EAN
- 9780743284981
- ISBN
- 9780743284981
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
- Release Year
- 2008
- Release Date
- 01/02/2008
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 13.7 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Topic
- General, Basketball
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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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
0743284984
ISBN-13
9780743284981
eBay Product ID (ePID)
62052464
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pistol : the Life of Pete Maravich
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Basketball
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"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, "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", "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, "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, "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 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, "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 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, "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", ""Pistol" is a beautifully written book that captures the soul and inner turmoil of this son and father."-- "The Tennessean", "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, "A remarkable book that is the best researched biography yet of this revolutionary basketball player." -- The Raleigh News and Observer, " 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, ""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", ""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", "Pistol is a beautifully written book that captures the soul and inner turmoil of this son and father." -- The Tennessean, "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"
Table of Content
Contents PrologueOne: Special OpportunityTwo: Mr. BasketballThree: Pro BallFour: The Cult of PressFive: Country GentlemenSix: The Basketball GeneSeven: The Devil in Ronnie MontiniEight: "Pistol Pete"Nine: Changing the GameTen: The Deep EndEleven: King of the Cow PalaceTwelve: ShowtimeThirteen: One of UsFourteen: Marked ManFifteen: The BlackhawksSixteen: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being PeteSeventeen: Take MeEighteen: SmotheredNineteen: All That JazzTwenty: The LoserTwenty-One: Take Me, Part 2Twenty-Two: Amazing GraceTwenty-Three: PatrimonyNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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