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The cost of these dreams : sports stories and other serious business
- Title
- The cost of these dreams : sports stories and other serious business / Wright Thompson.
- Author
- Thompson, Wright
- Publication
- [New York, NY] : Penguin Books, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV697.A1 T46 2019 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 378 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Pat Riley or Urban Meyer, Wright Thompson strips the away the self-serving myths and fantasies to reveal his characters in full. There are fascinating common denominators: it may not be the case that every single great performer or coach had a complex relationship with his father, but it can sure seem that way. And there is much marvelous local knowledge: about specific sports, and times and places, and people. Ludicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, The Cost of These Dreams is an ode to the reporter's art, and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher website.
- ISBN
- 9780143133872
- 014313387X
- 9780525505662
- 0525505660
- LCCN
- 2018037816
- OCLC
- on1044554534
- SCSB-14010319
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library