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(Paperback)

By: George Plimpton

ISBN: 9780224100410
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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The original foray into participatory journalism that started it all, Out of my League announced George Plimpton as a giant of sports journalism, able to penetrate deep into the very spirit of sport, with his characteristic wit, charm and grace.


(Paperback)

By: George Plimpton

ISBN: 9780224100236
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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From the author of Paper Lion

Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist.


(Paperback)

By: George Plimpton

ISBN: 9780224100403
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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From the author of Paper Lion

Following his turn as a Detroit Lions rookie in Paper Lion, George Plimpton returns to the field of American football and focuses on the careers of his Lions teammates, Alex Mad Duck Karras and John the Bear Gordy.


(Paperback)

By: George Plimpton

ISBN: 9780224100397
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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After forays into American football, golf and the world of professional boxing, George Plimpton accepts his riskiest assignment yet: taking to the ice as goalie for his beloved National Hockey League team, the Boston Bruins.


(Paperback)

By: George Plimpton

ISBN: 9780224100229
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism.


(Paperback)

By: George Plimpton

ISBN: 9780224100267
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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From the author of Paper Lion

What happens when a weekend athlete of average skill at best joins the professional golf circuit