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Pistol : the life of Pete Maravich / Mark Kriegel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kriegel, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maravich, Pete, 1947-1988.
- Maravich, Pete.
- Basketball players--United States--Biography.
- Basketball players.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Pete Maravich, the basketball virtuoso who battled personal demons off the court, is the focus of this narrative by the bestselling author of "Namath: A Biography." of photos.
- Contents:
- 1 Special Opportunity 5
- 2 Mr. Basketball 15
- 3 Pro Ball 29
- 4 The Cult of Press 41
- 5 Country Gentlemen 53
- 6 The Basketball Gene 63
- 7 The Devil in Ronnie Montini 71
- 8 "Pistol Pete" 77
- 9 Changing the Game 87
- 10 The Deep End 103
- 11 King of the Cow Palace 119
- 12 Showtime 129
- 13 One of Us 153
- 14 Marked Man 167
- 15 The Blackhawks 179
- 16 The Unbearable Whiteness of Being Pete 193
- 17 Take Me 211
- 18 Smothered 229
- 19 All That Jazz 237
- 20 The Loser 259
- 21 Take Me, Part 2 273
- 22 Amazing Grace 293
- 23 Patrimony 299.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-360) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780743284974
- OCLC:
- 71369639
- Publisher Number:
- 9780743284974
- Online:
- Publisher description
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