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The Best American Sports Writing 1997 Book

George Plimpton, that most peripatetic of sporting literati, takes the reins on the latest edition of sportswriting's annual all-star team, and lets these thoroughbreds run. As usual, the smart money is on Roger Angell, Rick Reilly, David Remnick, and Tom Boswell, all of whom are represented, and long-shot David Halberstam makes his comeback with a fascinating profile of a fencer. But the roses go to the real derby winner in this year's group, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford for his long, lyrical, sometimes funny, sometimes profound meditation from Sports Afield on, of all thought-provoking arenas, hunting with his wife.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Well established as the premier sports anthology, The Best American Sports Writing brings together the finest writing on sports to appear in the past year. Chosen from more than 350 national, regional, and specialty publications, the 25 pieces here embrace the world of sports in all its drama, humanity, and excitement.

  • 0395797624
  • 9780395797624
  • George Plimpton
  • 14 January 1998
  • Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
  • 1997
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