Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made (Signed First Edition, First Printing)

Halberstam, David

ISBN 10: 0679415629 / ISBN 13: 9780679415626

Published by Random House, 1999

About this Item

Signed First Edition, First Printing of this portrait of Michael Jordan at the height of his basketball powers by legendary journalist David Halberstam. Halberstam's second basketball book, following the ground-breaking "Breaks of the Game." Signed by David Halberstam on the title page. 426 pages, illustrated. The dust jacket is partially price-clipped and has a removable "Signed by Author" sticker on the cover. The book has light edge wear.

Seller Inventory # 014057

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made (Signed First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679415629
• ISBN 13: 9780679415626
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Presents a portrait of the basketball superstar and his dramatic impact on the changing world of American sports, examining Jordan's diverse roles as talented athlete, celebrity spokesman, and cultural icon

About the Author

<b>David Halberstam</b> is the author of fifteen books, including <i>The Best and the Brightest, The Powers That Be, The Reckoning, The Breaks of the Game, Summer of '49, October 1964</i>, and<i> The Amateurs</i>. He has received every major journalistic award, including the Pulitzer Prize, and is a member of the Society of American Historians.