A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of William Warren Bradley
by McPhee, John
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
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Boise, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
Bill Bradley moved from college basketball to the NBA and later became a US Senator. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine. Numerous black and white photographs. Binding slightly bumped at headband. Previous owners name and address on first free endpaper crudely blacked out. Jacket spine faded, wear to flap folds, closed tear to top edge of front panel. Jacket is price clipped.
Synopsis
When John McPhee met Bill Bradley, both were at the beginning of their careers. A Sense of Where You Are , McPhee's first book, is about Bradley when he was the best basketball player Princeton had ever seen. McPhee delineates for the reader the training and techniques that made Bradley the extraordinary athlete he was, and this part of the book is a blueprint of superlative basketball. But athletic prowess alone would not explain Bradley's magnetism, which is in the quality of the man himself—his self-discipline, his rationality, and his sense of responsibility. Here is a portrait of Bradley as he was in college, before his time with the New York Knicks and his election to the U.S. Senate—a story that suggests the abundant beginnings of his professional careers in sport and politics.
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- Bookseller
- Last Word Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1163
- Title
- A Sense of Where You Are
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 144
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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