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020			_a9781570281341
035			_a(OCoLC)38002651
050	0	0	_aGV884.A1 _bB52 2000
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100	1		_aBjarkman, Peter C.
245	1	4	_aThe biographical history of basketball : _bmore than 500 portraits of the most significant on-and off-court personalities of the game's past and present / _cPeter C. Bjarkman.
260			_aLincolnwood, Ill. : _bMasters Press, _c
300			_axviii, 590 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 569-572) and index.
505	0	0	_tIntroduction: America's One-on-One Game -- _g1. _tMarch Toward Madness: College Basketball's First Century -- _g2. _tHardwood to Hang Time: Concise History of Professional Basketball's First Half-Century -- _g3. _tBasketball's Dozen-Plus Most Significant Players -- _g4. _tBasketball's Dozen-Plus Most Significant Nonplayers -- _g5. _tPeach Baskets to Jump Shots: Basketball's First-Half Century (1891-1954) -- _g6. _tJumpers to Slammers: Birth of the Modern Game (1955-80) -- _g7. _tBiggest Show in Town: "Hoopla" as America's New National Pastime (1981-98) -- _tEpilogue: The Greatest Player in History -- _tBasketball Time Line.
520	1		_a"The Biographical History of Basketball gives readers a much-needed antidote to basketball's historical amnesia. Author Peter C. Bjarkman presents entertaining and fact-filled career summaries of the sport's great players, its groundbreaking coaches and administrators, and its other often-forgotten and less-publicized figures who authored developments crucial to basketball's century-long evolution." "While baseball buffs can cite chapter and verse for the diamond sport's most memorable events and personages, basketball fans often have little collective memory of the game's past milestones and heroes, especially those from nine decades preceding Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson."
520	8		_a"Detailing the feats of the men and women who are responsible for elevating basketball to its current status as the new American national pastime, Bjarkman gives readers a glimpse into the lives of some of the game's prominent players - past and present - including pioneers James Naismith, Phog Allen, and Doc Meanwell; on-court innovators Hank Luisetti, George Mikan, and Bob Cousy; legendary Hall of Famers Oscar Robinson, Wilt Chamberlain, and Red Auerbach; and modern-era idols Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, and Grant Hill."--Jacket.
650		0	_aBasketball players _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aBasketball coaches _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aBasketball _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		7	_aBasketball. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00828203
650		7	_aBasketball coaches. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00828253
650		7	_aBasketball players. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00828280
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655		7	_aBiographies. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655		7	_aBiography. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655		4	_aBiography.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh041/97049369.html
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