An edition of Spinning the Globe (2005)

Spinning the Globe

The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters

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An edition of Spinning the Globe (2005)

Spinning the Globe

The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters

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Before Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Julius Erving, or Michael Jordan--before Magic Johnson and Showtime--the Harlem Globetrotters revolutionized basketball and spread the game around the world. In Spinning the Globe, author Ben Green tells the story of this extraordinary franchise and iconic American institution. We follow the Globetrotters' rise from backwoods obscurity during the harsh years of the Great Depression to become the best basketball team in the country and, by the early 1950s, the most popular sports franchise in the world. Green brings to life their struggles with racism and segregation, and their influence upon a nation's views about race and sport. We witness the Globetrotters' fall from grace to the brink of bankruptcy in the early 1990s, and their ultimate rebirth under Mannie Jackson today, as they once again amaze kids and families around the world. Now in paperback, this is the true and complete story of their amazing eighty years as a team, told with lyrical prose and masterful storytelling by Ben Green.

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Amistad
Language
English
Pages
414

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Spinning the Globe
2009, HarperCollins
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Spinning the globe: the rise, fall, and return to greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters
2006, Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Pub.
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First Sentence

"This story begins with a song."

Table of Contents

Foreword. ix
Chapter 1. A Garden. 1
Chapter 2. Chicago. 12
Chapter 3. Abe. 32
Chapter 4. Runt. 51
Chapter 5. Inman. 72
Chapter 6. 2 The Rens. 94
Chapter 7. Sonny. 121
Chapter 8. Goose. 153
Chapter 9. Marques. 174
Chapter 10. The Lakers. 200
Chapter 11. All Stars. 216
Chapter 12. Ambassadors. 234
Chapter 13. "Freedom Now". 253
Chapter 14. Wilt. 283
Chapter 15. "Show's Over". 302
Chapter 16. Meadowlark. 333
Chapter 17. Mannie. 361
Epilogue. Final Circle. 384
Notes on Sources. 393
Acknowledgments. 399
Index. 403

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
414
Dimensions
24 x 16 x 3.5 centimeters
Weight
1.7 pounds

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OL9856137M
Internet Archive
spinninggloberis0000gree
ISBN 10
0060555491
ISBN 13
9780060555498
OCLC/WorldCat
62110045
Library Thing
3254024
Goodreads
2785060

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