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Go up for glory / Bill Russell, with Bill McSweeny.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: New York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, 2020Description: xxiii, 212 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593184226 (Paperback)
  • 059318422X (Paperback)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Go up for gloryDDC classification:
  • 796.323092
LOC classification:
  • GV 885 R961g 2020
Contents:
The Kid -- National champions -- The Olympics -- Cast of characters -- Auerbach and me -- "IT" -- The psychology -- The championships -- Felton X -- Human rights -- The battleground -- Epilogue.
Summary: "From NBA legend Bill Russell, Go Up For Glory is a basketball memoir that transcends time. First published in 1965, this narrative tracing Russell's childhood in segregated America and detailing the challenges he faced as a black man, even when he was a celebrated NBA star, is both evidence of the progress made in the last fifty years, and an urgent reminder of how far we still have to go"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GV 885 R961g 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000183139

Originally published: New York : Coward-McCann, [1966]

"A Berkley Medallion Book."

"Distributed by Berkley Publishing Corporation."

The Kid -- National champions -- The Olympics -- Cast of characters -- Auerbach and me -- "IT" -- The psychology -- The championships -- Felton X -- Human rights -- The battleground -- Epilogue.

"From NBA legend Bill Russell, Go Up For Glory is a basketball memoir that transcends time. First published in 1965, this narrative tracing Russell's childhood in segregated America and detailing the challenges he faced as a black man, even when he was a celebrated NBA star, is both evidence of the progress made in the last fifty years, and an urgent reminder of how far we still have to go"-- Provided by publisher.

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