| Rules of the Game: The Best Sports Writing from Harper's Magazine Contributor(s): Stevenson, Matthew (Author), Martin, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1879957582 ISBN-13: 9781879957589 Publisher: Franklin Square Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Essays - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.097 |
| LCCN: 2009048196 |
| Series: American Retrospective Series |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Harper's Magazine has been America's preeminent monthly periodical for more than 150 years. Rules of the Game: The Best Sports Writing from Harper's Magazine takes a look into this storied magazine's unparalleled archive and uncovers funny, touching, exciting, intriguing stories of the sporting life, both professional and amateur, and what it means to us. These essays show that how we play and write about sports not only reflect our nation's character, but challenge it. Including stories from Mark Twain and James B. Connolly at the turn of the twentieth century, visiting with George Plimpton, Tom Wolfe, Bill Cardoso, and A. Bartlett Giamatti along the way, and continuing with Lewis Lapham, Rich Cohen, and Pat Jordan today, this collection is the definitive voice on sports-writing through the last hundred years. Edited by Matthew Stevenson and Michael Martin, with a humorous, insightful preface by Roy Blount Jr. (Fifth in the American Retrospective Series.) |