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A Farewell to Heroes
Jr. Frank Graham
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Description for A Farewell to Heroes
Paperback. This title covers five decades of the New York sporting life from 1915 to 1965. Told initially from the viewpoint of Frank Graham, premier sportswriter for "The New York Sun", this dual autobiography also includes the writings of Frank, Jr, who also became a sports journalist. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Originally published in 1981 and long out of print, A Farewell to Heroes covers five unforgettable decades of the New York sporting life from 1915 to 1965. Told initially from the point of view of Frank Graham, premier sportswriter for The New York Sun. This dual autobiography also includes the writings of Frank, Jr., who picks up the narrative as he becomes a sports journalist in his own right. Frank Graham, Sr., was a self-taught writer known for his uncanny ability to capture the high drama of a game-winning play or the color of a fight mob's conversation in spare, ... Read more
Originally published in 1981 and long out of print, A Farewell to Heroes covers five unforgettable decades of the New York sporting life from 1915 to 1965. Told initially from the point of view of Frank Graham, premier sportswriter for The New York Sun. This dual autobiography also includes the writings of Frank, Jr., who picks up the narrative as he becomes a sports journalist in his own right. Frank Graham, Sr., was a self-taught writer known for his uncanny ability to capture the high drama of a game-winning play or the color of a fight mob's conversation in spare, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809324910
SKU
V9780809324910
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About Jr. Frank Graham
In what he calls this 'kind of dual autobiography,' he is his father's son, having learned to look and listen as his father did and still go his own way, says W. C. Heinz, longtime sportswriter for The New York Sun, in his new foreword to this paperback edition. As a sportswriter, Frank Graham, Jr., has published four books and ... Read more
Reviews for A Farewell to Heroes
A Farewell to Heroes is an attempt to re-create an atmosphere, to set down not a history of sports during that half century or so but a kind of dual autobiography, a very selective overview, gold-tinted perhaps but as honest as my father and I could make it, of an era that now comes dimmering up out of the mists. ... Read more