The Secret Game: A Basketball Story in Black and White - Hardcover

Ellsworth, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316244619 ISBN 13: 9780316244619

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, 2015

Synopsis

[ Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph By ( Author ) Mar-2015 Hardcover

About this title

Review:

"Riveting." "Kevin Nance, Chicago Tribune""

"Amazing." "Robert Gray, "Shelf Awareness"""

"Ellsworth tells their story in the vein of Seabiscuit" and The Boys in the Boat."... He reminds us who heroes are and what they can be." "Daniel Solzman, "The Kentucky Democrat"""

"Ellsworth tells their story in the vein of "Seabiscuit" and "The Boys in the Boat."... He reminds us who heroes are and what they can be." "Daniel Solzman, "The Kentucky Democrat"""

"Engrossing..." "Chris Skaugset, The Daily News"""

"[The Secret Game] should be read by anyone with an interest in basketball history, or American sports history. Or maybe even American history for that matter." "Bill Reynolds, "Providence Journal"""

"Engrossing..." "Chris Skaugset, "The Daily News"""

"The book is about far more than a single game.... Ellsworth provides a riveting account....It is a mark of his skill as a writer that by the last page, the reader cares less about the final score than about the broader questions that he raises -- whether sports really do build character, whether winning is all that matters, and when it's OK to break the rules." "Chris Lydgate, "The Oregonian"""

One of The Chicago Tribune's Best Books of the Year
One of Sports Illustrated's Best Sports Books of the Year
Winner of the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
"A powerful book that is a page-turner from start to finish.... Ellsworth has written an important book that should appeal to people of all colors." "Bob D'Angelo, "Tampa Tribune"""

"Riveting." "Kevin Nance, "Chicago Tribune"""

Book Description:

In the tradition of Seabiscuit and The Blind Side, a riveting account of how sports can transcend social taboos.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0316244619
• ISBN 13: 9780316244619
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400