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The best American sports writing of the century

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Other Authors: Halberstam, David, Stout, Glenn, 1958-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999.
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Sports stories.
Sports > Literary collections.
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Physical Description:xxxiii, 776 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:0395945143
Author Notes:David Halberstam was born on April 10, 1934 in New York City and later attended Harvard University. After graduating in 1955, Halberstam worked at a small daily newspaper until he attained a position at the Nashville Tennessean.

Halberstam has written over 20 books including The Children, a written account of his coverage of the Civil Rights Movement; The Best and Brightest, which was a bestseller; and The Game and October, 1964, both detailing his fascination of sports. Halberstam also won a Pulitzer Prize for his reports on the Vietnam War while working for the New York Times. He was killed in a car crash on April 23, 2007 at the age of 73.

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