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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100061769134

ISBN-139780061769139

eBay Product ID (ePID)78845436

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Book TitleAccidental Sportswriter : a Memoir

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

TopicEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorRobert Lipsyte

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-051414

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingAn

Dewey Decimal070.4/49796092 B

SynopsisCelebrated sports journalist Robert Lipsyte--the New York Times' longtime lead sports columnist--mines pure gold from his long and very eventful career to bring readers a memoir like no other. An enthralling book, as much about personal relationships and the culture of sports as the athletes and teams themselves, An Accidental Sportswriter interweaves stories from Lipsyte's life and the events he covered to explore the connections between the games we play and the lives we lead. Robert Lipsyte has been there--from the Mets' first Spring Training to the fight that made Muhammad Ali an international icon to the current steroids scandals that rewired our view of sports--and in An Accidental Sportswriter he offers a fresh and refreshing view of the world of professional athletes as seen through the eyes of a journalist who always managed to remain independent of our jock-obsessed culture., Celebrated sports journalist Robert Lipsyte-the New York Times' longtime lead sports columnist-mines pure gold from his long and very eventful career to bring readers a memoir like no other. An enthralling book, as much about personal relationships and the culture of sports as the athletes and teams themselves, An Accidental Sportswriter interweaves stories from Lipsyte's life and the events he covered to explore the connections between the games we play and the lives we lead. Robert Lipsyte has been there-from the Mets' first Spring Training to the fight that made Muhammad Ali an international icon to the current steroids scandals that rewired our view of sports-and in An Accidental Sportswriter he offers a fresh and refreshing view of the world of professional athletes as seen through the eyes of a journalist who always managed to remain independent of our jock-obsessed culture.

LC Classification NumberGV742.42.L57A3 2011