| Edition |
First Free Press trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
x, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"Includes his complete college and pro statistics"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-372) and index. |
| Summary |
Recounts the life and achievements of the troubled 1970s basketball star, from his relationship with his obsessive father and unbroken college scoring record to the personal demons that challenged his life and his evangelical Christian faith. |
| Contents |
Special opportunity -- Mr. Basketball -- Pro ball -- The cult of press -- Country gentlemen -- The basketball gene -- The devil in Ronnie Montini -- "Pistol Pete" -- Changing the game -- The deep end -- King of the cow palace -- Showtime -- One of us -- Marked man -- The blackhawks -- The unbearable whiteness of being Pete -- Take me -- Smothered -- All that jazz -- The loser -- Take me, part 2 -- Amazing grace -- Patrimony. |
| Subject |
Maravich, Pete, 1947-1988.
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Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0743284984 paperback $15.00 |
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9780743284981 paperback $15.00 |
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9781448715039 Paw Prints |
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1448715032 Paw Prints |
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