Open Net

A Professional Amateur in the World of Big-Time Hockey

George Plimpton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2016
Yellow Jersey Press (Verlag)
978-0-224-10039-7 (ISBN)

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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. Signing a release holding the Bruins blameless if he should meet with injury or worse, his initiation into the league’s toughest tribe begins. But when the Bruins find themselves up against the equally fearsome Philadelphia Flyers, a mere five minutes in the rink can seem an eternity.

Told with Plimpton’s characteristic humour and insight, Open Net is at once a celebration of the thrills and grace of the greatest sport on ice, and a probing meditation into the hopes and fears of every man.

George Plimpton (1927-2003) was the bestselling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the Paris Review. He wrote regularly for such magazines as Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.8.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	208 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
ISBN-10	0-224-10039-4 / 0224100394
ISBN-13	978-0-224-10039-7 / 9780224100397
Zustand	Neuware