The Secret Game
A Basketball Story in Black and White
Seiten
2016
Back Bay Books (Verlag)
978-0-316-24462-6 (ISBN)
Back Bay Books (Verlag)
978-0-316-24462-6 (ISBN)
The true story of the game that never should have happened -- and of a nation on the brink of monumental change
In 1943, at the North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing basketball forever. His team was the highest-scoring team in America, and yet they faced danger whenever they traveled backcountry roads.
Across town, the best squad on Duke University's campus wasn't the Blue Devils, but an all-white team from the medical school. They were prepared to take on anyone -- until an audacious invitation arrived.
THE SECRET GAME is the story of a long-buried moment in the nation's sporting past. A riveting account of a barrier-shattering game, the evolution of modern basketball - and the coming of a new America.
In 1943, at the North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing basketball forever. His team was the highest-scoring team in America, and yet they faced danger whenever they traveled backcountry roads.
Across town, the best squad on Duke University's campus wasn't the Blue Devils, but an all-white team from the medical school. They were prepared to take on anyone -- until an audacious invitation arrived.
THE SECRET GAME is the story of a long-buried moment in the nation's sporting past. A riveting account of a barrier-shattering game, the evolution of modern basketball - and the coming of a new America.
Scott Ellsworth has written about American history for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, he is the author of Death in a Promised Land, a groundbreaking account of the 1921 Tulsa race riot. He lives with his wife and twin sons in Ann Arbor, where he teaches at the University of Michigan
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.5.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 26 b/w photos run w/ text |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 211 x 142 mm |
| Gewicht | 404 g |
| Themenwelt | Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-316-24462-7 / 0316244627 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-316-24462-6 / 9780316244626 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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