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Lost in the Lights : Sports, Dreams, and Life /

A veteran journalist's collection of sportswriting on the blue-collar South. Sport mirrors life. Or, in Paul Hemphill's opinion, 'Sport is life.' The 15 pieces in this compelling collection are arranged along the timeline for an aspiring athlete's dream: 'The Dawning, &...

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Autor principal: Hemphill, Paul, 1936-2009
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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