George Plimpton on Sports
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781592280810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of George Plimpton's finest pieces on the contemporary sports scene.
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The Norton Book of Sports
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780393030402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of short stories and other writings centering around sports for each season.
Paper Lion
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2016-04-26
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 0316284432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives. George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit Lions, practicing with the team, and taking snaps behind center. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks that pervade when sixty high-strung guys live together in close quarters, and a host of football rites and rituals. One of the funniest and most insightful books ever written on football, Paper Lion is a classic look at the gridiron game and a book The Wall Street Journal calls "a continuous feast...The best book ever about football -- or anything!"
Mad Ducks and Bears
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2016-04-26
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 031632647X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeorge Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books -- repackaged and including a foreword from Steve Almond and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives. In Mad Ducks and Bears, George Plimpton's engaging companion to Paper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates -- Alex Karras ("Mad Ducks") and John Gordy ("Bears"), both of whom went on to achieve brilliant post-football success. A more reflective, less madcap book than Plimpton's other work, Mad Ducks and Bears is no less truthful and searching. In this fond exploration of football's values and follies, Plimpton rejoins his two teammates to discuss their careers in this brutal but captivating game. The result is an astute exploration into the fascinating lives and motivations of the players at home, in the locker room, and on the field.
The Best of Plimpton
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780871135032
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollects profiles, essays, articles, and short stories by the American sportswriter.
Open Net
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2016-04-26
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 031632678X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeorge Plimpton takes to the ice with the Boston Bruins in this memorable portrait of the rough-and-tumble world of professional hockey, repackaged and featuring a foreword from Denis Leary and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives. In Open Net, George Plimpton takes to the ice as goalie for his beloved Boston Bruins. After signing a release holding the Bruins blameless if he should meet with injury or death, he survives a harrowing, seemingly eternal five minutes in an exhibition game against the always-tough Philadelphia Flyers. With reflections on such hockey greats as Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Eddie Shore, Open Net is at once a celebration of the thrills and grace of the greatest sport on ice and a probing meditation into the hopes and fears of every man.
The Bogey Man
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2016-08-04
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1473523249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the author of Paper Lion What happens when a weekend athlete – of average skill at best – joins the professional golf circuit? George Plimpton spent a month of self-imposed torture on the PGA tour to find out, meeting amateurs, pros, caddies, officials, fans and hangers-on along the way. In The Bogey Man we find golf legends, adventurers, stroke-saving theories, superstitions, and other golfing lore, and best of all, Plimpton’s thoughts and experiences – frustrating, humbling and, sometimes, thrilling – from the first tee to the last green.
One for the Record
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2016-04-26
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 031632695X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe inside story of Hank Aaron's chase for the home run record, repackaged and with a foreword by Bob Costas and new material from the Plimpton Archives. In One For the Record, George Plimpton recounts Hank Aaron's thrilling race to become the new home run champion. Amidst media frenzy and death threats, Aaron sought to beat Babe Ruth's record. In 1974, he finally succeeded. A fascinating examination of the psychology of baseball players, One For the Record gives an absorbing account of the men on the mound who had to face Aaron. But the book's true genius lies in the portrait of Aaron himself, and his discussions on his philosophy on hitting and the game of baseball.
George, Being George
Author: Nelson W. Aldrich
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2009-10-27
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 0812974182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContributors include Harold Bloom, Jules Feiffer, John Guare, Norman Mailer, Peter Matthiessen, Maggie Paley, Richard Price, James Salter, Robert Silvers, William Styron, Gay Talese, Calvin Trillin, Gore Vidal, and 200 other Plimpton intimates Norman Mailer said that George Plimpton was the best-loved man in New York. This book is the party that was George’s life–and it’s a big one–attended by scores of famous people, as well as lesser-known intimates and acquaintances. They talk about his life: its privileged beginnings, its wild and triumphant middle, its brave, sad end. They say that George was a man of many parts: the “last gentleman,” founder and first editor of The Paris Review, the graceful writer who brought the New Journalism to sports, and Everyman’s proxy boxer, trapeze artist, stand-up comic, Western movie villain, and Playboy centerfold photographer. George’s last years were awesome, truly so. His greatest gift was to be a blessing to others–not all, truth be told–and that gift ended only with his death. But his parties, if this is one, need never end at all.
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Jove Books
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781557730640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlimpton continues the astounding and (almost) true story of baseball's craziest legend--Sidd Finch, a name every sports fan will remember from Sports Illustrated's 1985 April Fool's issue. Sidd Finch cannot hit, field or steal bases, but with a 168-mph fastball, he's the best pitcher in the sport.
