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The silent season of a hero : the sports writing of Gay Talese / edited by Michael Rosenwald

Author
Talese, Gay
Published
New York : Walker & Co., 2010.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Description
vii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Additional Creators
Rosenwald, Michael

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Contents
Introduction / Gay Talese -- Sports Gay-zing -- Short Shots in Sundry Sections -- Talking Basketball with Angelo Musi -- The Locker Room -- An Afternoon on the Football Field -- The .200 Hitter -- The Loneliest Guy in Boxing -- N.Y.U. Wins Despite 2-Way Freeze -- Judy Is Many Things, Mostly Frank -- It's a Wonderful Whirl to Gerry -- Portrait of a Young Prize Fighter -- Garden Horseshoer Works Fast -- Last of Bare-Knuckle Fighters Still Spry at 93 -- Troupe of Midget Wrestlers Won't Work for Small Change -- Barbell King: Muscle Over Mind -- Dentist Puts the Bite in the Fight -- Timekeeper as Quiet as a Clock -- Diamonds are a Boy's Best Friend -- On the Road, Going Nowhere, With the Yankees -- Notes from the Trip -- The Story Behind the Signal to Brush Back Cliff Johnson -- Race, Reporters and Responsibility -- The Fighter's Son -- The Loser -- Portrait of the Ascetic Champ -- Patterson, Indifferent at First, Finally Turns on Barking Dog -- Liston Aides Extol His Gaiety, Benevolence and Ruggedness -- Patterson Has 4 Friends, Too, But He'll Have to Fight Alone -- Champion Talks About Sleep and Rain and Watches His Entourage Close Camp -- Floyd Caught by à Good Punch' -- Masked Ex-Champion -- The Loser -- Stories With Real Names -- The Caddie---A Non-Alger Story -- Suspicious Man in the Champ's Corner -- Dr. Birdwhistell and the Athletes -- Joe Louis: The King as a Middle-Aged Man -- Silent Season of a Hero -- Architect of the Fairways -- Eric and Beth Heiden: A Bond of Blood on Skates -- The Kick She Missed -- The Greatest -- Ali in Havana.
Summary
"One of America's most acclaimed writers and journalists, Gay Talese has been fascinated by athletes throughout his life. At age fifteen he became a sports reporter for the weekly Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger; four years later, as sports editor of the University of Alabama's Crimson-White, he began to employ techniques, such as establishing a "scene" with minute details, that would later make him famous." "As a sports reporter for the New York Times, Talese was drawn to individuals at poignant and vulnerable moments rather than to the spectacle of sports. Boxing held special appeal, and his Esquire pieces on Joe Louis and Floyd Patterson in decline won praise, as would his 1996 essay "Ali in Havana," chronicling Muhammad Ali's visit with Fidel Castro. His profile of Joe DiMaggio, "The Silent Season of a Hero," perfectly captured the great ballplayer in his remote retirement and displayed Talese's journalistie brilliance. More recently, Talese traveled to China to track down and chronicle the female soccer player who missed a penalty kick that would have won China the 1999. World Cup." "Gathering Talese's writing over more than six decades, from high school and college columns to his signature adult journalism---and including several never-before-published pieces, a new introduction by the author, and notes on the background of his writing---The Silent Season of a Hero is a unique and indispensable collection for sports fans and those who enjoy the heights of journalism."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN
9780802777539
0802777538
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