About this title: The bestselling author of Bo chronicles the amazing story of the first string Michigan basketball team--composed entirely of freshmen--that took the 1992 NCAA Tournament by storm and began the 1993 season burdened by more expectations than any team in collegiate history. 8 pages of photos.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners. Spine has wear at edges. Dust jacket has some wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: Fair in Fair dust jacket. 0446517348. Dust Jacket is scuffed, worn and has a small tear on bottom trailing edge.; All pages tight, clean and not marked or bent.; 1.4 x 9 x 6.1 Inches; 360 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 1993-11-30
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 1st printing. Interior is clean, crisp and tight and unmarked with a few chips to rear dustjacket and light shelfwear to dustjacket. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Warner Books, New York
Date Published: 1993
Description: As New. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 359pp; Blue boards with maize spine (Michigan colors, of course); As new condition says it all; Shipped Weight: 1-2 pounds. Category: Sport, Fishing, Hunting, Guns Inventory No: 100256. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Warner Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: Like New. NEVER USED. Fine/Fine+. 1st edition/1st printing, full number line. Very tight/clean/unmarked. Spine bottom very slightly bumped. Else Very Fine. Bright, glossy dust jacket/price intact. Now in protective Mylar cover. No markings of any kind. Box shipped. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 1993-11-30
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: New. Brand New. Gift Condition. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 1993-11-30
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: New. Book is Brand New, Gift condition. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: FINE/FINE. The UM Fab Five basketball players, two of whom became NBA stars later. Excellent SIGNED and inscribed (but not to any person) first edition. No marks, straight, bright condition. 1993, Warner hardbound, 1st ed (No.1), 359 pp. ISBN 0446517348 read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Warner Books Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A. :
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: Very good in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 359 p. Audience: General/trade. A nice very good plus copy in a fine minus, mylar protected DJ. 1st edition; Light bumping to book spine ends; Small amount of shelf wear and rubbing to DJ; Illustrated; 8vo., 359 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Warner Books Inc
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED BY MITCH W/ DEDICATION TO DORIS "GO BLUE" very clean hardcover w/ dj FAST SHIPPING W/ CONFIRMATION. NO PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS OVER 4LBs. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 1st Edition (Hard Cover, 1993), Stated 1st printing with full 10 numberline. Visible wear on dj, otherwise a New book. Free deliver confirmation. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Edition: First edition. Stated 1st edition, 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Very nice and clean copy in near new condition. I did not see any other writing or marks in book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 360 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: 1993 Warner Books, NY; ISBN 0-446-51734-8
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: 1st printing, hardcover, dust jacket has just a touch of edge wear. The book has bumped upper corners; otherwise the book and jacket are in fine condition, with clean and unmarked pages. The story of Michigan's famous freshmen class of Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. Photos. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: 1993 Warner Books, NY; ISBN 0-446-51734-8
ISBN-13:9780446517348ISBN:0446517348
Description: 1st printing, hardcover, dust jacket; both the book & jacket are in like new condition, likely never read. The popular book by Albom that tells the story of the Michigan team of five amazingly talented freshman basketball players. Photos. A very nice copy. read more
"Albom at his finest. Unlike the sappy goop of Morrie or 5 People You Meet, Fab Five is so good in capturing sport and sport's larger themes: camaraderie, ego, and drama."
"This is one of my all time favorite books. I just can't give it 5 stars, though, because of everything that's happened since then. Major NCAA violations came out of all this, and Mitch Albom turned out to be a journalist of suspect integrity. I can't tell you what this book did to me the first time I read it, and how much I still read it. It's just bittersweet now."
"For some time, I thought that the more recent revelations about Chris Webber and the Fab Five at Michigan and all the rules that were broken in bringing that team together completely diminished what they were able to accomplish. But when I look back, I think that while the university and the program ultimately paid a hefty and fair price, what those kids did on the basketball floor as freshmen was and continues to be one of the greatest feats in the history of the NCAA Tournament.
What is eye-opening throughout the book is the way that Albom is able to get into the inner workings of the whole recruiting process for collegiate basketball. He is given unprecedented access into the lives of future stars and uses that to find out exactly what made them all tick, what motivated them and what drove them to excellence.
In the end, it doesn't matter very much that the team ended up as a footnote in the history of the game. Mitch Albom's book stands as a portrait of a unique moment in time, something that we will never see again.
Mitch Albom is a very cool, informative and insightful writer. I hesitate to overuse the word "great" since I think most writers are pretty great, but Albom is versatile and intelligent. No wonder he's become much more of a household name."
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