Mad Ducks and Bears: Football Revisited
Autor George Plimpton Cuvânt înainte de Steve Almonden Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 apr 2016
In MAD DUCKS AND BEARS, George Plimpton's engaging companion toPaper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates--Alex Karras ("Mad Ducks") and John Gordy ("Bears"), both of whom went on to achieve brilliant post-football success.
A more reflective, less madcap book than Plimpton's other work, MAD DUCKS AND BEARS is no less truthful and searching. In this fond exploration of football's values and follies, Plimpton rejoins his two teammates to discuss their careers in this brutal but captivating game. The result is an astute exploration into the fascinating lives and motivations of the players at home, in the locker room, and on the field.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316326445
ISBN-10: 0316326445
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 146 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 0316326445
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 146 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
Notă biografică
George
Plimpton(1927-2003)
was
the
bestselling
author
and
editor
of
nearly
thirty
books,
as
well
as
the
cofounder,
publisher,
and
editor
of
theParis
Review.
He
wrote
regularly
for
such
magazines
asSports
IllustratedandEsquire,
and
he
appeared
numerous
times
in
films
and
on
television.
Recenzii
"Plimpton
has
done
it
again."—Sports
Illustrated
"[An] irreverent and roguish account of the lives of the two linemen.... Pure gold."—Chicago Tribune
"A delight--more entertaining, if possible, than I remembered... the reader leaves George Plimpton's wide world of sports with deep reluctance.... His prose is as elegant and seemingly effortless as Ted Williams's swing or an Arnold Palmer iron shot.... His teammates recede--like the old baseball players vanishing into the cornfield inField of Dreams, taking their magical world with them but living on in fond memory."—Edward Kosner, Wall Street Journal
"Sports memoirs, like humor collections, rarely outlive their authors, but Plimpton's books have aged gracefully and even matured. Today they have the additional (and unintended) appeal of vivid history, bearing witness to a mythical era."—Nathaniel Rich,New York Review of Books
"[An] irreverent and roguish account of the lives of the two linemen.... Pure gold."—Chicago Tribune
"A delight--more entertaining, if possible, than I remembered... the reader leaves George Plimpton's wide world of sports with deep reluctance.... His prose is as elegant and seemingly effortless as Ted Williams's swing or an Arnold Palmer iron shot.... His teammates recede--like the old baseball players vanishing into the cornfield inField of Dreams, taking their magical world with them but living on in fond memory."—Edward Kosner, Wall Street Journal
"Sports memoirs, like humor collections, rarely outlive their authors, but Plimpton's books have aged gracefully and even matured. Today they have the additional (and unintended) appeal of vivid history, bearing witness to a mythical era."—Nathaniel Rich,New York Review of Books