About this title: In 1974 Rick Telander intended to spend a few days doing a magazine piece on the court wizards of Brooklyn's Foster Park. He ended up staying the entire summer, becoming part of the players' lives, and eventually the coach of a loose aggregation known as the Subway Stars. Telander tells of everything he saw: the on-court flash, the off-court jargon, the late-night graffiti raids, the tireless efforts of one promoter-hustler-benefactor to get these kids a chance at a college education. He lets the kids speak for themselves, revealing their grand dreams and ambitions, but he never flinches from ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780671741099ISBN:0671741098
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Contains some underlining and bracketing. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0803294271 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Fireside, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780671741099ISBN:0671741098
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 0671741098 The covers have a little edgewear. This is the classic book on urban basketball according to the front cover. read more
Description: Good; 1995. 0803294271. Light edge/corner wear from handling-name written inside front cover-text is not marked.; Softcover; University of Nebraska Press; Lincoln NE; 0.59 x 8.97 x 6 Inches; 220 pages. read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
Date Published: [1995], 1988
ISBN-13:9780803294271ISBN:0803294271
Description: Fine. No dust jacket, as issued. New. First printing. (pbk. : alk. paper) 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Previously published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780671666507ISBN:0671666509
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Light shelf wear and toning, remainder line on lower edge, otherwise binding is straight and tight, text is unmarked. read more
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