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Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA, in the Words of the Men Who Played, Coached, and Built Pro Basketball
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by Terry Pluto
Sales Rank: 1303757
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 400 pages
Published by: Simon & Schuster December 1, 1992
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0671742795
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0671742799
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.5 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal sportswriter Pluto has been steadily building a reputation as one of the nation's top basketball writers with books like Forty-Eight Minutes and Loose Balls ; this fine oral history will surely enhance that reputation. After a brief account of the National Basketball Association's formative period, which ended in 1954 when the 24-second shot clock changed the game forever, Pluto describes the exciting events in basketball during 1956-66, when the Boston Celtics dominated the league. Unlike many comparable histories in which the superstars have declined to participate, this one includes contributions from Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Red Auerbach and dozens of other players almost as well known. Of course contemporary fans will argue that 1992, with the assembling of the Olympic "Dream Team," was basketball's real glory year, but the debate should only aid sales of Pluto's book. photographs not seen by PW.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Following the format he employed in Loose Balls (LJ 9/15/90), Pluto strings together capsule comments from players, coaches, officials, owners, and reporters to chronicle the growth of the National Basketball Association during the decades of the Fifties and Sixties, when the league was struggling to gain parity with other professional sports. Among the topics covered are the "forgotten" stars (e.g., Bob Pettit, Dolph Schayes), the breaking of racial barriers, the Bill Russell/Wilt Chamberlain battles, and life on and off the court in the smaller NBA cities of Fort Wayne and Syracuse. While many of the observations are of a jocular nature, others define the dramatic changes that have occurred in the way the game is played and operated. For popular sports collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 8/92.
- William H. Hoffman, Ft. Myers-Lee Cty. P.L., Fla.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Reviews
Terry Pluto has written the most entertaining book on the NBA I've ever read. Logging the history of the league in a conversational format, Pluto has captured the formative years of the NBA in a bottle. This book is done in a style of quotes with the men who played, coached and refereed the game when the league used to be the opening act for the Harlem Globetrotters. I've read this book many times and it is always great. Some of the stories are truly priceless. It chronicles the Dynasties of the Minneapolis Lakers, the Boston Celtics, and the 1967 76ers. A fascinating chapter on the rivalry between Wilt Chamberlain and the Bill Russell led Celtics Dynasty told by the players themselves really puts you in the locker rooms of those classic battles.Great anecdotes about how rough things were for visiting players back in the day reveals how the referees always stood right next to the home teams bench knowing that drunken fans didn't throw things at the home players. This book is a whos who of NBA greats from a by gone and largely forgotten era before the million dollar contracts and huge TV ratings. It's just like sitting down with the legends of the old guard and sharing a few beers and hearing all their great stories. If you are a fan of the NBA and are at all interested in the history of the league, this book is a must have.
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