Playing for keeps

Michael Jordan and the world he made

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Playing for keeps

Michael Jordan and the world he made

1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed.
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"In Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan's life that have shaped him into history's greatest basketball player, and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human being in the world.".

"We get a rare insider's view of the dynamics between Jordan, the star, and the others who played critical roles in the championship seasons, including the shrewd, thoughtful Phil Jackson, the enigmatic Scottie Pippen, and the curiously shy Dennis Rodman. In addition, we see the bitter divisions between players and management on the Bulls, and the NBA's interior pressures and conflicts as basketball grows during Jordan's reign into a phenomenally successful big-time celebrity sport.

This book is, as well, about fame in America, the forces that create it and its consequences. Among other things, we see how David Falk and Nike launched the campaign that sold Jordan to the world, abetted by a small Oregon ad agency, Wieden and Kennedy, and a struggling young Brooklyn filmmaker named Spike Lee."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Broadway Books
Language
English
Pages
432

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Playing for Keeps
January 4, 2001, Yellow Jersey Press
Cover of: Playing for keeps
Playing for keeps: Michael Jordan and the world he made
2000, Broadway Books
in English - 1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed.
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Playing for keeps: Michael Jordan and the world he made
1999, Random House
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Playing for keeps
Playing for keeps: Michael Jordan and the world he made
1999, Random House
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Playing for keeps

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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Random House, c1999.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography., History.
Other Titles
Michael Jordan and the world he made

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
796.323/092, B
Library of Congress
GV884.J67 H35 2000, GV 884 .J67 H35 2000, GV884.J67H35 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
432 p. :
Number of pages
432

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL45268M
Internet Archive
playingforkeepsm00halb_0
ISBN 10
0767904443
LCCN
99041931
OCLC/WorldCat
42021500
Library Thing
615694
Goodreads
75408

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