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Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off): Tales from Forty Years of Sports Writing
Clyde Bolton
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Description for Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off): Tales from Forty Years of Sports Writing
Paperback. Presenting a blend of memoir, opinion, and sports, the author - who wrote four sports columns per week for the "Birmingham News" - writes about more than three decades of Alabama sports. He shares about the personalities and events from the realms of high school sports, minor league baseball, college basketball, and Nextel Cup Racing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; BT; KNTJ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
This is a delightful blend of memoir, opinion, and sports from an Alabama original. For 31 years, Clyde Bolton wrote four sports columns per week for the ""Birmingham News"". By his estimation, this makes him the most widely read Alabamian in history. He may be right. In ""Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off)"" he takes the reader along on a joyride through more than three decades of Alabama sports. Unsurprisingly, tales of Bear Bryant and Shug Jordan, Roll Tide and War Eagle, dominate, but at one point or another, Clyde covered just about every type of sporting event ... Read more
This is a delightful blend of memoir, opinion, and sports from an Alabama original. For 31 years, Clyde Bolton wrote four sports columns per week for the ""Birmingham News"". By his estimation, this makes him the most widely read Alabamian in history. He may be right. In ""Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off)"" he takes the reader along on a joyride through more than three decades of Alabama sports. Unsurprisingly, tales of Bear Bryant and Shug Jordan, Roll Tide and War Eagle, dominate, but at one point or another, Clyde covered just about every type of sporting event ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fire Ant Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817352523
SKU
V9780817352523
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Clyde Bolton
Clyde Bolton is an award-winning journalist and three-time Alabama Sports Columnist of the Year (1988, 1992, and 1999). The author of numerous books, most recently the novel Turn Left on Green, Bolton retired from the Birmingham News in 2001, the same year he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Writers Hall of Fame. He lives in Trussville where he and ... Read more
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