Title:
The assist : hoops, hope, and the game of their lives / Neil Swidey.
ISBN:
9781586484699
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : PublicAffairs, [2008]
©2008
Physical Description:
xii, 373 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- I. The pre-season: Hood ; Ridley ; The rules of the road ; O'Brien -- II. The season: Fits and starts ; A taste of the high life ; Townies in black and white ; Rematch ; Fathers, sons, and surrogates -- III. The post-season: The cities ; Survive and advance ; Playoffs and payoffs ; Mind over matter -- IV. The off-season: Crime's call ; No ordinary summer -- V. End game: The unraveling ; The tipping point ; The decision ; Blind justice ; Revise and revoke -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"Anyone who cares about Boston and race and hope and hoops will take heart from Neil Swidey's The Assist, in which decent kids jockey for a lucky break in a world in which decency and luck are often in short supply. Set in compact, feisty, history-haunted Charlestown, this book is a powerhouse work of literary journalism about a powerhouse basketball program and the coach who wouldn't take no for an answer." Madeleine Blais, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle, from the bookjacket.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0726/2007035826.htmlContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007035826-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2007035826-d.html
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Audience:
1080L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn171613605
Availability:
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