The Best Of I'M Just Getting Started, I'm Just Getting Started
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Whether Frank Deford is the voice you hear on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, or the name you see in the Newsweek byline, you are sure to be highly entertained with the irreverent musings of this much-acclaimed sports mind. In this best of the best compilation, Deford relates not only the specific and spectacular events that make up great sports writing, but reflects through sports the larger world of America culture. Frank Deford's latest book is a grand collection of his most vivid caricatures, colorful anecdotes, and out-of-left-field observations on the often humbling and humorous nature of sport. Deford's best writing will make an instant fan of any reader.Taal: Engels;Afmetingen: 26x240x160 mm;Gewicht: 326,00 gram;Verschijningsdatum: april 2000;ISBN10: 1572433604;ISBN13: 9781572433601; Engelstalig | Hardcover | 2000.

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biographies,essays,journalism,miscellaneous,sports and outdoors, The Best Of Frank Deford, After nearly 40 years in the trenches, Frank Deford's niche in the pantheon of modern sportswriters is secure, making the subtitle--I'm Just Getting Started--of his latest collection (tongue-in-)cheekily optimistic. Irony has always been one of Deford's best weapons; by putting his award-winning magazine work from Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, and Vanity Fair beside his award-winning commentaries from National Public Radio, The Best of... shows how adeptly he's wielded it in two very separate mediums. Still, reading the recent magazine work along with selections from two decades of radio broadcasts--Deford insists the latter are really nothing more than written columns read aloud--makes for an odd coupling that has you wishing for a lot more of the printed Deford. Not that there's anything wrong with the radio version. Deford's commentaries are timely, pithy, clever, opinionated, and insightful, but they're ultimately as ephemeral as the airwaves they were delivered on. His magazine journalism, on the other hand, is anything but ephemeral. It is work that is rarely less than elegant, and often just plain exquisite. His long looks at Bobby Knight, Bill Russell, and a former Connecticut high school football star who commits suicide at 24 are breathtaking. So is his exploration of University of Arkansas basketball coach Nolan Richardson, spun out by Deford as a play in four acts. His intertwined profile of Roger Bannister.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, HawkingBooks.
Triumph Books. Hardcover. 1572433604 Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Ships Quickly - Buy with confidence! . Very Good.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
Triumph Books (IL), 2000-05-01. Hardcover. Good. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Ships Fast. Expedite Shipping Available.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Discover Books.
Triumph Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Gently used may contain ex-library markings, possibly has some light highlighting, textual notations, and or underlining. Text is still easily readable.