| The Best American Sports Writing 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Stout, Glenn (Author), Cramer, Richard Ben (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618251391 ISBN-13: 9780618251391 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: With Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Cramer at its helm, this collection brings together the best writing on sports from the past year. Not just for readers of the sports pages, this year's selections embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Essays |
| Dewey: 796.097 |
| LCCN: 92648838 |
| Series: Best American Sports Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. "Cracker-jack writing from some of the country's best-known sports journalists." -- Publishers Weekly With Richard Ben Cramer at the helm, this year's selections embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement, from swimming the Arctic Ocean to high school football. Today's foremost journalists shed light on Mia Hamm, Amare Stoudemire, and on sports' underbelly as a professional baseball team scalps its own tickets and as women single-mindedly pursue million-dollar athletes. We witness the World Taxidermy Championships, the final days of the Michael Jordan Wizards, and much more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stout, Glenn: - GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as series editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years, and currently lives in Vermont. |