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Pipkin, James W. SPORTING LIVES: METAPHOR AND MYTH IN AMERICAN SPORTS AUTOABIOGRAPHIES (SPORTS AND AMERICAN CULTURE SERIES)
0826217796 / 9780826217790 As New in Fine dust jacket; University Of Missouri Press; 2008; Hardcover; Faint paperclip imprint on the first two pages.
This book takes a fresh look at memoirs from baseball, football, basketball, golf, and other sports to explore how American athletes see themselves; not only how those images mesh with popular perception of them as heroes or celebrities but also how their acounts differ from those of sports journalists and other outsiders. Draws on the life stories of such well-known figures as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, and Martina Navratilova. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 161 pp
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