Football: Great Writing About the National Sport: A Special

Football: Great Writing About the National Sport: A Special Publication of The Library of America

An All-Pro line-up of writers including Red Smith, Frank Deford, Jimmy Breslin, George Plimpton, Richard Price, Charles Pierce, Michael Lewis, and Roy Blount Jr tackle our most popular pastime: Since footballâ‚¬s meteoric rise in the mid-twentieth century, the standout writers on the sport have gone behind and beyond the spectacle to reveal the complexity, the contradictions, and the deeper humanity at the heart of the game. Now, in a landmark collection, The Library of America brings together the very best of their work: gems of deadline reportage, incisive longform profiles of footballâ‚¬s storied figures, and autobiographical accounts by players and others close to the game. Celebrating the sport without shying away from its sometimes devastating personal and social costs, the forty-four pieces gathered here testify to footballâ‚¬s boundless capacity to generate outsized characters and memorable tales.
Country USA
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-08-14
EANs 9781598533071

Football: Great Writing About the National Sport: A Special Publication of The Library of America