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Paper Lion
Confessions of a last-string quarterback
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
4 Aug 2016
| Archive Date
4 Aug 2016
Description
In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions’ pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team – getting to know the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks, taking behind the scenes snaps and capturing a host of American football rites and rituals.
Plimpton might not have made it as a quarterback, but fifty years after its first publication, Paper Lion remains one of the most insightful and entertaining classics of sports literature.
In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions’ pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit...
Description
In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions’ pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team – getting to know the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks, taking behind the scenes snaps and capturing a host of American football rites and rituals.
Plimpton might not have made it as a quarterback, but fifty years after its first publication, Paper Lion remains one of the most insightful and entertaining classics of sports literature.
A Note From the Publisher
Alongside Paper Lion, Yellow Jersey press is also publishing 5 other Plimpton titles, all previously unavailable in the UK. British readers now have the chance to read the work of the writer who turned sports journalism into an art form on:
American Football (Paper Lion, Mad Ducks and Bears);
Boxing (Shadow Box);
Golf (The Bogey Man);
Baseball (Out of My League);
Ice Hockey (Open Net)
Alongside Paper Lion, Yellow Jersey press is also publishing 5 other Plimpton titles, all previously unavailable in the UK. British readers now have the chance to read the work of the writer who...
A Note From the Publisher
Alongside Paper Lion, Yellow Jersey press is also publishing 5 other Plimpton titles, all previously unavailable in the UK. British readers now have the chance to read the work of the writer who turned sports journalism into an art form on:
American Football (Paper Lion, Mad Ducks and Bears);
Boxing (Shadow Box);
Golf (The Bogey Man);
Baseball (Out of My League);
Ice Hockey (Open Net)
Advance Praise
‘With his gentle, ironic tone, and unwillingness to take himself too
seriously, along with Roger Angell, John Updike and Norman Mailer he
made writing about sports something that mattered’ Guardian
‘If Manhattan can be said to have a man of letters, few would argue with bestowing that title on George Plimpton’ New York Observer
‘With his gentle, ironic tone, and unwillingness to take himself too
seriously, along with Roger Angell, John Updike and Norman Mailer he
made writing about sports something that mattered’ Guardian
...
Advance Praise
‘With his gentle, ironic tone, and unwillingness to take himself too
seriously, along with Roger Angell, John Updike and Norman Mailer he
made writing about sports something that mattered’ Guardian
‘If Manhattan can be said to have a man of letters, few would argue with bestowing that title on George Plimpton’ New York Observer
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9780224100229 |
| PRICE |
£9.99 (GBP)
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Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9780224100229 |
| PRICE |
£9.99 (GBP)
|
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