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. |
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Table of Contents
When the Garden Was Eden : Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Prologue: In a Paradise Lost | p. 1 | |
Part I | Roots | |
1 | Down Home | p. 7 |
2 | Red and Fuzzy | p. 34 |
3 | An Irish Carnival | p. 53 |
4 | The Real World | p. 81 |
Part II | When the Garden Was Eden | |
5 | Scout's Honor | p. 107 |
6 | From Motown to Midtown | p. 130 |
7 | Courtside Personae | p. 156 |
8 | Blowing in the Wind | p. 182 |
9 | Down Goes Reed | p. 213 |
10 | Game 7 | p. 238 |
Part III | Fallout | |
11 | Bullets over Broadway | p. 293 |
12 | The Parable of the Pearl | p. 321 |
13 | Deconstructing Clyde | p. 349 |
14 | The Brain Drain | p. 377 |
Part IV | Paradise Regained | |
15 | Second Coming | p. 403 |
16 | Changing of the Guards | p. 428 |
17 | Afterglow | p. 457 |
18 | Then, Now, and Forever | p. 488 |
Epilogue | p. 526 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 533 | |
Appendix: Box Scores | p. 537 | |
Bibliography | p. 546 |