Bradman: The Illustrated Biography
by Michael Page
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0333356195
- ISBN 13
- 9780333356197
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In good condition - dust jacket has fading on spine - has slight yellowing to pages - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
The 'birthday biography' of Sir Donald Bradman, based on his lifetime collection of personal material and on interviews with the great batsman.
On 27 August 1983 it became seventy-five years since 'The Don' was born into a farming family at Yeo Yeo, New South Wales. The biography is proudly presented as a commemorative tribute to the world's most famous batsman.
The book was conceived when Sir Donald consented to make his personal records - including letters, documents, photographs and scrapbooks dating back to his earliest days - available to the publishers as the basis of a new biography. He also granted interviews to the author and checked the entire text of the book.
Michael Page gives a fully rounded portrait of Sir Donald's life and career, from the days when he was a youthful country cricketer, through the years when he dominated the Test arena, to his achievements as the 'elder statesman' of Australian cricket. The selection of illustrations. of which the majority have never been published before, add a new dimension to the Bradman story.
The narrative deals with the problems and controversies of his life under the spotlight of publicity, including the bodyline battles; with his conquest of physical disabilities which threatened to bring a premature end to his cricket career; and with his successful efforts to create business and family life separate from the demands of cricket.
Essentially, this books shows how a great sportsman may also be a great gentleman; an inspiration to countless admirers and an upholder of the traditional values of life and sport.
The structure of the book, comprising many separate articles apart from the principal text, gives the reader an illuminating insight into cricketing and social life during Sir Donald's career, and shows the ways in which the public and newspapers of the period regarded him. This new biography is both a valuable addition to cricketing history and the human story of a great Australian legend.
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- Bookseller
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DASHbooks634
- Title
- Bradman
- Author
- Michael Page
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0333356195
- ISBN 13
- 9780333356197
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company of Australia Pty Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Crows Nest
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- michael page, donald bradman, illustrated biography, sports, donald bradman, interviews, batsman, letters, documents, cricket, australian legend,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Biography;
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