The Last Shot : City Streets, Basketball Dreams
by Frey, Darcy
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395597706
- ISBN 13
- 9780395597705
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Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
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Synopsis
It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhood’s most promising players. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. But working against them are woefully inadequate schooling, family circumstances that are often desperate, and the slick, brutal world of college athletic recruitment. Incisively and compassionately written, The Last Shot introduces us to unforgettable characters and takes us into their world with an intimacy seldom seen in contemporary journalism. The result is a startling and poignant expose of inner-city life and the big business of college basketball.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GRP94482815
- Title
- The Last Shot : City Streets, Basketball Dreams
- Author
- Frey, Darcy
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395597706
- ISBN 13
- 9780395597705
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1994-09
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