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A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton Book

First published in 1965, A Sense of Where You Are is the literary equivalent of a harmonic convergence, a remarkable confluence of two talents--John McPhee and Bill Bradley--at the beginning of what would prove to be long and distinguished careers. While McPhee would blossom into one of the best nonfiction writers of the last 35 years, Bradley segued from an all-American basketball player at Princeton, to Rhodes Scholar, to NBA star, to three terms in the U.S. Senate. McPhee noticed greatness in Bradley from the start; the book is an extension of a lengthy magazine profile McPhee wrote early in Bradley's senior year; the title comes from Bradley always knowing his position in relation to the basket. What's so noteworthy about the book is the greatness it promised--both for writer and for subject, a greatness both have delivered through the years again and again. Read More

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  • Product Description

    When John McPhee met Bill Bradley, both were at the beginning of their careers. A Sense of Where You Are, McPheeâ??s first book, is about Bradley when he was the best basketball player Princeton had ever seen. McPhee delineates for the reader the training and techniques that made Bradley the extraordinary athlete he was, and this part of the book is a blueprint of superlative basketball. But athletic prowess alone would not explain Bradleyâ??s magnetism, which is in the quality of the man himselfâ??his self-discipline, his rationality, and his sense of responsibility. Here is a portrait of Bradley as he was in college, before his time with the New York Knicks and his election to the U.S. Senateâ??a story that suggests the abundant beginnings of his professional careers in sport and politics.

  • 0374260990
  • 9780374260996
  • John McPhee
  • 1 July 1999
  • Farrar Straus Giroux
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 144
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