Large Print Book
When the Garden was Eden : Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the glory days of the New York Knicks / Harvey Araton ; with photographs by George Kalinsky.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062088789 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 0062088785 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: viii, 551 p.(large print), [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 1st HarperLuxe ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperLuxe, c2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Larger Print"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [546]-551. |
| Summary, etc.: | "The fascinating account--part autobiography, part sports history--of a young New York sportswriter sent out to cover his favorite team, the New York Knicks, during the social unrest of the 1960s and 70s"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Subject: | New York Knickerbockers (Basketball team) > History. Araton, Harvey. Sportswriters > Anecdotes. Large type books. |
Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
Author Notes
When the Garden Was Eden : Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks
Harvey Araton is New York Times feature writer and sports columnist. Prior to working at the Times he was a sports reporter and columnist at the New York Daily News, a sports reporter for the New York Post, and he also worked at the Staten Island Advance as a sports reporter, night sports editor, city side reporter and copyboy. Araton is the author or co-author of the books: Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gifts (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012); When the Garden Was Eden: Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks (Harper, 2011); Crashing the Borders: How Basketball Won the World and Lost Its Soul at Home (Free Press, 2005); Alive & Kicking (When Soccer Moms Take The Field And Change Their Lives Forever (Simon & Schuster, 2001); Money Players (Inside The New NBA) (Pocket Books, 1997); The Selling of the Green: The Financial Rise and Moral Decline of the Boston Celtics, Harper Collins, 1992. Araton's work has appeared in numerous magazines including the New York Times Magazine, GQ Magazine, ESPN Magazine, Sport Magazine, and Basketball Weekly. (Bowker Author Biography)
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