Lost in the lights: sports, dreams, and life
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Main Author: Hemphill, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press ©2003
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The dawning. White bread and baseball ; Big night, big city ; "I gotta let the kid go" ; Marty Malloy, 2b ; The kid and the third baseman -- The striving. Saturday night at Dixie Speedway ; The great Wallenda ; The boys of Stalag Thirteen ; It's a mad, mad, mad whirl ; We were champions, once -- The gloaming. Mister Cobb ; The Billy Ray Hunsinger Show ; On the bus ; Whatever happened to what's-his-name? ; Yesterday's hero
A veteran journalist's collection of sportswriting on the blue-collar South. Sport mirrors life. Or, in Paul Hemphill's opinion, 'Sport is life.' The 15 pieces in this compelling collection are arranged along the timeline for an aspiring athlete's dream: 'The Dawning, ' with stories about boys hoping and trying to become men, 'The Striving, ' about athletes at work, defining themselves through their play, and 'The Gloaming, ' about the twilight time when athletes contend with broken dreams and fading powers. Through all the pieces, Hemphill exhibits his passion for the sports he covers and a keen
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (173 pages)
ISBN:0817382844
9780817382841

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