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On these courts : a miracle season that changed a city, a once-future star, and a team forever
- Title
- On these courts : a miracle season that changed a city, a once-future star, and a team forever / Wayne B. Drash.
- Author
- Drash, Wayne B.
- Publication
- New York : A Touchstone Book, published by Simon & Schuster, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 275 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Documents the story of "Penny" Hardaway, tracing the injuries that halted his progress as a star athlete and his decision to coach the Lester Middle School basketball team in Memphis, where he helped young players to overcome gang violence and domestic abuse to become state champions.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- Note
- "A Touchstone book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The run -- The curse of the assassination -- Millions to a Penny -- The soldier -- A birthday bash -- Penny meets the team -- Reshaping boys -- The choice -- The big test -- Academics first -- Need for discipline -- Truce -- Know your friends -- Homecoming -- From death to life -- Chemo drip -- Don't quit -- Going places -- The enforcers -- Championship time -- Championships that got away -- The final game.
- ISBN
- 9781476710211
- 147671021X
- 9781476710884
- 1476710880
- 9781476710259 (canceled/invalid)
- 1476710252 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013000520
- OCLC
- ocn800031863
- 800031863
- SCSB-14073394
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library