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City streets, basketball dreams won awards and inspired a movie. The experiment of public housing, which has worked throughout the country to isolate its impoverished and predominantly black tenants from the hearts of their cities, may have succeeded here with even greater efficiency because of coney islands utter remoteness. In the last shot, darcy frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhoods most promising players. Last shot is a novel by the bestselling author john feinstein. City streets, basketball dream 04 edition 9780618446711 by darcy frey for up to 90% off at. Press release for the last shot published by houghton mifflin. While the feature on marburys high school career motivated me to read this book the insight into the perils and pitfalls that await teenage boys growing up in coney island is what. Darcy frey is a contributing writer for the new york times magazine. My five favorite books include the autobiography of malcolm x alex haley, night elie wiesel, the iliad and the odyssey homer, and the last shot darcy frey.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Recreation, basketball, social aspects of basketball, youth, abraham lincoln high school. City streets, basketball dreams by darcy frey, the main characters in the book are african american high schoolers, the setting takes place on coney island, brooklyn that was once new yorks playground and then turned into a ghetto. Download pdf tags 20th century abraham lincoln high school brooklyn. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. He is the most physically gifted of the group, and is one of the top prospects in the country. City streets, basketball dreams by darcy frey in doc, fb2, rtf download ebook. Becoming a pro athlete takes more than just hard work, you also have to navigate a maze filled with snakes and pitfalls. Feb 23, 2007 while searching through chapters last month a book that caught my attention was darcy freys the last shot because it featured an indepth look at stephon marburys high school career. Mar 03, 2004 in the last shot, darcy frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhoods most promising players. Frey has published articles in new england monthly, rolling stone, harpers, and the new york times magazine. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. Press release for the last shot published by houghton.
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The ten best basketball books of all time truehoop espn. Exceptionally knowledgeable about the college basketball world, feinstein has a fine time lampooning broadcaster dick vitale and the bureaucrats who populate the ncaa itself. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the. His journalism has received numerous awards, including a national magazine award and the livingston award. The story begins in 1973, in the offices of the atlantic monthly, in boston, where a young freelance writer named tracy kidder came looking for an assignment.
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