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Hoosiers : the fabulous basketball life of Indiana / Phillip M. Hoose ; foreword by Bob Plump.
Van Pelt Library GV885.72.I6 H66 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Basketball--Indiana--History.
- Basketball.
- Basketball players--Indiana--Biography.
- Basketball players.
- History.
- Indiana.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Third Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Described by The NewYorkTimes as "a knowing, respectful and caring look at heartland America" and containing a new foreword by legendary player Bob Plump, this is a book every basketball lover should own. The best of Phillip Hoose's classic writings are included here with a fresh look on Indiana's favorite and most beloved sport. A new edition of a well-known Indiana classic, Hoosiers profiles some of the world's most famous basketball players and coaches-Larry Bird, Bobby Plump, Damon Bailey, Steve Alford, Stephanie White, and Bob Knight among them -along with Indiana towns, schools, and programs. The ultimate book for the diehard fan, Hoosiers: The Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana explores Hoosier hysteria in all its glory. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Farm Boys: How Indiana Became the Basketball State 8
- 2 Milan High School: The Hoosier Dream 34
- 3 Indianapolis Crispus Attucks High: The Black and White of Hoosier Hysteria 54
- 4 Anderson, Indiana: Basketball Town 76
- 5 The Calumet Region: Hoops in the Other Indiana 94
- 6 Judi Warren and the Warsaw Tigers: Into the Front Court 120
- 7 Fathers and Sons: The Mounts of Lebanon, Indiana 138
- 8 Meadowood Park: Speedway, Indiana 158
- 9 Larry Bird: The Guy Down the Road 174
- 10 The Education of Stephanie White 192
- 11 Coaches: From the Lady Lions to Bob Knight 206
- 12 Steve Alford: All In 228
- 13 An Interview with Damon Bailey 240
- 14 Four-Class Basketball: Death or Salvation of Hoosier Hysteria? 262
- 15 Perspective: Four Things that Remain Distinctive about Indiana's Game 274
- 16 Passages: What Has Become of Selected People, Places, and Buildings of Hoosier Hysteria 278.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253021625
- 0253021626
- 9780253021687
- 0253021685
- OCLC:
- 930683029
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