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Inside the Ropes
Zachary Michael . Ed(S): Jack
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Description for Inside the Ropes
Paperback. It's a good fortune when dauntless literary journalists actually play the sports they cover. This book features more than three dozen decorated writers who capture the mojo of returning John McEnroe's serve, taking a punch from Ali, paddling Jack London's Alaskan river route, coaching the Suns' Steve Nash, and umping Manny Ramirez. Editor(s): Jack, Zachary Michael. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: KNTJ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Most of us will never know what it’s like to parachute out of a Cessna, tend goal for the Boston Bruins, burn rubber on a NASCAR track, scale Everest, or quarterback the Detroit Lions. So it’s our good fortune when dauntless literary journalists actually play the sports they cover—returning with firsthand tales from “inside the ropes.” Here, in the tradition popularized by George Plimpton, is participatory sportswriting at its finest and most far-out. Editor Zachary Michael Jack fields a dream team of today’s best sports journalists, hotshots, and rising stars in search of the game behind the game.
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Most of us will never know what it’s like to parachute out of a Cessna, tend goal for the Boston Bruins, burn rubber on a NASCAR track, scale Everest, or quarterback the Detroit Lions. So it’s our good fortune when dauntless literary journalists actually play the sports they cover—returning with firsthand tales from “inside the ropes.” Here, in the tradition popularized by George Plimpton, is participatory sportswriting at its finest and most far-out. Editor Zachary Michael Jack fields a dream team of today’s best sports journalists, hotshots, and rising stars in search of the game behind the game.
More than ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bison Original United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
Number of Pages
508
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803259973
SKU
V9780803259973
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99-15
About Zachary Michael . Ed(S): Jack
Former newspaper sportswriter and editor Zachary Michael Jack is an assistant professor of English at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where he teaches workshops in literary and participatory journalism. The editor of many essay collections on the environment and outdoor life, Jack also has authored two volumes of poetry. Contributors: Billy Anderson, Barbara Beckwith, Dan Bishop, Grace Butcher, Tim Cahill, ... Read more
Reviews for Inside the Ropes
“These intrepid scribes who put down their pens and laptops and entered the arena may have gotten pummeled, pinned, passed, and pasted. But, man, did they capture the experience. Inside the Ropes is as rich a collection of writing—not just sportswriting, but writing writing—as one could hope to find.”—L. Jon Wertheim, senior writer for Sports Illustrated and author of Running ... Read more