Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand - Portraits of Champions Who Walked Among Us (Paperback, New)

John Schulian, a much-honored sportswriter for nearly forty years, takes us back to a time when our greatest athletes stood before us as human beings, not remote gods. In this compelling collection, Schulian paints prose portraits to remind fans of what today's cloistered stars won't share with them. Here, Willie Mays remembers how to smile in dreaded retirement; Muhammad Ali muses about a world that was once his. For every moment of triumph-Joe Montana in the Super Bowl, Marvelous Marvin Hagler over Thomas Hearns-there is another filled with the heartache that Pete Maravich felt when he hung up his basketball shoes. The result is a book guaranteed to stir memories for the generation that was-and to leave subsequent generations wishing they had it so good. Purchase the audio edition.

General

Imprint:	Bison Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	John Schulian
Foreword by:	William Nack
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade / Trade
Pages:	336
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-3776-6
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > From 1900 > Reportage & collected journalism Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-3776-6
Barcode:	9780803237766

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