Sporting Life (eBook)

Horses, Boxers, Rivers, and a Russian Ballclub

Bill Barich (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
220 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-0697-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Bill Barichs widely praised work is at its peak in these intimate glimpses into the stories behind the stories, the real people behind the public faade of the athletic realm. In this collection, Barich takes readers behind the scenes of both participatory and spectator sports, whose wide variety include:Three different types of horse racing: down-and-dirty bush racing in Cajun country; an elegant steeplechase at Ascot, England; and a big-time Santa Anita thoroughbred heading for the Kentucky Derby.Two boxers from radically different ends of the spectrum: Pat Lawlor struggling to make it in San Francisco, and Mike Tyson battling his emotions.Two fly-fishing adventures on legendary California rivers.And a ride with the Moscow Red Devils, the worlds strangest baseball club, as they barnstorm the United States with Soviet trinkets for sale, and with technical skills equal to that of a good American high school team.Every chapter shines with Barichs distinctive voice, one that skillfully pairs both passion and intelligence with an ample dose of humor. The result is the very best kind of sports writingfrom one of the most elegant prose stylists of our time.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Bill Barich is the author of numerous books, among them Big Dreams, Laughing in the Hills, and A Fine Place to Daydream. He has written extensively for The New Yorker, as well as Playboy and Sports Illustrated. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow in fiction.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.7.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
• Schlagworte: Ascot • big-time • books on ascot • books on boxers • books on bruins • books on canadiens • books on cardinals • books on derby • books on devils • books on down-and-dirties • books on fly-fishings • books on hails • books on kentucky • books on lawlor • books on leafs • books on louisville • books on maples • books on packers • books on spectators • books on steeplechases • books on stylists • books on thoroughbreds books on cajuns • books on trinkets • books on uclas • books on wildcats • books on yankees • Boxers • Bruins • Cajun • canadiens • cardinals • Derby • devils • down-and-dirty • elegant • Façade • fly-fishing • hail • Kentucky • lawlor • leafs • Louisville • Maple • packers • Participatory • Race • Racing • Spectator • steeplechase • stylists • Thoroughbred • trinkets • UCLA • Wildcats • Yankees
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-0697-6 / 1510706976
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-0697-2 / 9781510706972