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1 online resource (173 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The dawning. White bread and baseball ; Big night, big city ; "I gotta let the kid go" ; Marty Malloy, 2b ; The kid and the third baseman -- The striving. Saturday night at Dixie Speedway ; The great Wallenda ; The boys of Stalag Thirteen ; It's a mad, mad, mad whirl ; We were champions, once -- The gloaming. Mister Cobb ; The Billy Ray Hunsinger Show ; On the bus ; Whatever happened to what's-his-name? ; Yesterday's hero. |
| Summary |
A veteran journalist's collection of sportswriting on the blue-collar South. Sport mirrors life. Or, in Paul Hemphill's opinion, 'Sport is life.' The 15 pieces in this compelling collection are arranged along the timeline for an aspiring athlete's dream: 'The Dawning, ' with stories about boys hoping and trying to become men, 'The Striving, ' about athletes at work, defining themselves through their play, and 'The Gloaming, ' about the twilight time when athletes contend with broken dreams and fading powers. Through all the pieces, Hemphill exhibits his passion for the sports he covers and a keen. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sports stories, American.
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Sports stories, American. |
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Southern States -- Fiction.
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Southern States. |
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Southern States -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Fiction.
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Electronic books.
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Fiction.
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Print version: Hemphill, Paul, 1936-2009. Lost in the lights. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003 0817313168 9780817313166 (DLC) 2002151265 (OCoLC)50761084 |
| ISBN |
9780817382841 (electronic book) |
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0817382844 (electronic book) |
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0817313168 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817313166 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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