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Off the rim : basketball and other religions in a Carolina childhood

Title
Off the rim : basketball and other religions in a Carolina childhood / Fred Hobson.
Author
Hobson, Fred, 1943-
Publication
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006.

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Description
xiv, 242 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Summary
"Hobson, a passionate follower of North Carolina basketball who once played briefly for the Tar Heels, tells the story of an eternal childhood relived each season. More than a basketball memoir, his account also depicts a seldom-viewed South through glimpses of a boyhood in the Carolina hills"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Sports and American culture series
Uniform Title
Sports and American culture series
Subject
  • Hobson, Fred, 1943-
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > Basketball
  • North Carolina Tar Heels (Basketball team)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Basketball
  • Yadkin County (N.C.)
  • North Carolina > Yadkin County
Contents
Walk-on -- Yadkin -- Democrats and Methodists -- My magic season -- Hornet -- Tar baby -- Romance of the book -- Second childhood.
ISBN
  • 9780826216434
  • 0826216439
LCCN
  • 2005032003
  • 9780826216434
OCLC
  • ocm63226578
  • 63226578
  • SCSB-1383569
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library