Spinning The Globe: The Rise, Fall, And Return To Greatness Of The Harlem Globetrotters
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Spinning The Globe: The Rise, Fall, And Return To Greatness Of The Harlem Globetrotters by Ben Green
Before Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Julius Erving, or Michael Jordan--before Magic Johnson and Showtime--the Harlem Globetrotters revolutionized basketball and spread the game around the world. Author Ben Green tells the story of this extraordinary franchise and iconic American institution by following the Globetrotters' rise from backwoods obscurity during the harsh years of the Great Depression to become the best basketball team in the country and, by the early 1950s, the most popular sports franchise in the world. Green brings to life their struggles with racism and segregation, and their influence upon a nation's views about race and sport. Witness the Globetrotters' fall from grace to the brink of bankruptcy in the early 1990s, and their ultimate rebirth under Mannie Jackson today, as they once again amaze kids and families around the world. Now in paperback, this is the true and complete story of their amazing eighty years as a team, told with lyrical prose and masterful storytelling.
Green was a veterinarian who worked in one of North America's last major horse-breeding regions. He later retired from his profession and relocated to Cumby, Texas, where he maintained horses and cattle until his death in 1974.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060555504 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060555505 |
| Title | Spinning The Globe: The Rise, Fall, And Return To Greatness Of The Harlem Globetrotters |
| Author | Ben Green |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2006-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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