Lost in the lights : sports, dreams, and life / Paul Hemphill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemphill, Paul, 1936-2009.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports stories, American.

Southern States--Fiction.

Southern States.

Southern States--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A veteran journalist's collection of sportswriting on the blue-collar South.Sport mirrors life. Or, in Paul Hemphill's opinion, 'Sport is life.' The 15 pieces in this compelling collection are arranged along the timeline for an aspiring athlete's dream: 'The Dawning,' with stories about boys hoping and trying to become men, 'The Striving,' about athletes at work, defining themselves through their play, and 'The Gloaming,' about the twilight time when athletes contend with broken dreams and fading powers. Through all the pieces, Hemphill exhibits his passion for the sports he covers and a keen

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; PART ONE The Dawning; 1 White Bread and Baseball; 2 Big Night, Big City; 3 "I Gotta Let the Kid Go"; 4 Marty Malloy, 2b; 5 The Kid and the Third Baseman; PART TWO The Striving; 6 Saturday Night at Dixie Speedway; 7 The Great Wallenda; 8 The Boys of Stalag Thirteen; 9 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Whirl; 10 We Were Champions, Once; PART THREE The Gloaming; 11 Mister Cobb; 12 The Billy Ray Hunsinger Show; 13 On the Bus; 14 Whatever Happened to What's-His-Name?; 15 Yesterday's Hero; Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8284-4

OCLC:

426058648