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Five Strides on the Banked Track: The Life and Times of the Roller Derby

4 reviews
Frank Deford

Little Brown & Company, 1971

Derby the way it was.
If you were a fan of the original Roller Derby--and not Roller Games, or what it turned into--this is the book to find. If you can buy a copy, do so. Tells the whole story til about 1970. O'Connell, Joanie, Calvello, Ronnie Robinson, Jerry Seltzer--the whole gang's here at their zenith.

Alex: The Life of a Child

63 reviews
Frank Deford

Thomas Nelson, 1997

excelant and touching
i bought this book because my best friend also had lost her life struggling with cf at the young age of 19.i always knew what cf was but never new how life threating it really was.this book was touching and reminded me of my memories with phylicia (1986-2005) she lived life in such a fullfilling way.she qouted in her year book her senior yr of high school one year before she passed "living life ...

An American Summer

12 reviews
Frank Deford

Sourcebooks Landmark, 2003

Don't judge a book by its cover...
I have to admit I was reluctant to read this book club pick when I saw the cover. It looked like a trashy summer novel without much substance. How wrong I was! Frank Deford brings the summer of 1954 to life with his novel about the unlikely friendship between a 14 year old boy, Christy Bannister, and 23 year old Kathryn Slade. When Christy rescues Kathryn's dog from near disaster, he is ...

The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball

13 reviews
Frank Deford

Grove Press, 2006

Great Read
Frank Deford takes you there. This book is definitely about baseball and it's evolution around the turn of the century, but it also sits you down in the early 1900's. Historical descriptions of the Manhattan of the day are fascinating. You feel as though you're reading the headlines of the day one minute and sidled up next to the personalities of a very tough time in American history the next ...

The Best of Frank Deford: I'm Just Getting Started

7 reviews
Frank Deford

Triumph Books, 2001

Intelligence Personified
Frank Deford is a brilliant writer, not to mention, probably the single greatest sports' writer on the planet. He just takes sports' writing to a higher level. The Best of Frank Deford will prove this. This book showcases some of Deford's best work as a journalist. Although some of the articles are a little dated, his style and amazing use of language still shines. The pieces included in ...

Alex The Life of a Child

1 review
Frank Deford

Potomac Publishing Company, 1983

A Painful and Very Truthful Read
I think every parent's nightmare is to lose a child, but Frank Deford points out what it would be like if Alex had never been a part of their lives. What a beautiful child with an ugly disease. This is not a tear-jerker you will actually grieve the Defords, as they watch Alex fade away painfully, but leave them with important joy, gifts and unshakable memories along the way. It is an important ...

Everybody's All-American

3 reviews
Frank Deford, 2004

The best novel ever written about college football.
This is a novel that I read every other year or so just before the start of the college football season. It is a story of a mythical player at North Carolina in the late 50's that is "everybody's all-american" and the impact that the game has on his life as well as those around him. It is written with wit and style from the perspective of a character that is our hero's adoring nephew. There ...

The Entitled

23 reviews
Frank Deford

Sourcebooks Landmark, 2007

If You Are a Baseball Fan....
If you are a baseball fan, you are likely to find this moving, action-packed book the best of its kind you've ever read. In addition to the main plot, the author skillfully carries along about three sub-plots, every one of which would grace a well-written story with any other background than baseball.

Billie Jean
Billie Jean King, Frank Deford

Viking Adult, 1982

The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and Character of America's Sports Heroes

3 reviews
Frank Deford

Northword Press, 2002

Better than a box of Wheaties
Do you remember growing up and hearing about Wheaties, The Breakfast of Champions? We were always told that if we ate our Wheaties, we would grow up to be champions as well. Well, that part of the story never did hold true for me, but the champions that did appear on the front of the cereal box over the years have proved to be an enduring selection of sports heroes who have great stories behind ...

The Virtuoso: Face to Face With 40 Extraordinary Talents

5 reviews
Ken Carbone, Ashton Applewhite, ...

Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1999

To surpass oneself is among life's greatest rewards
Wayne Gretzky's retirement from hockey seems a fitting occasion to remark on the phenomenal collection of virtuosos Ken Carbone has gathered together in his new book. The gift of a Virtuoso like Gretzky, and of this book, is the realization that absolute focus and dedication to a passion can lead one beyond oneself. That message resounds like a gong through the handsomely designed pages and ...

The Other Adonis

9 reviews
Frank Deford

Sourcebooks Landmark, 2002

Play it Again Bucky
An uniquely imaginative love story / mystery where science, religion and art collide with a more mystical world. Part new age, part time travel, threads of reincarnation mixed with art history. While the author presents us with some highly provocative and creative scenarios, he really doesn't "get" his women characters, whose reality seems to be either the pages of Cosmo or perhaps the ...

Big Bill Tilden: The Triumphs and the Tragedy (Hall of Fame Edition, No. 2)
Frank Deford

SportClassic Books, 2004

The classic biography of one of the most successful, yet tragic, figures in American sports history.

A Year in Sports: From the Rose Bowl to Figure Skating

1 review
Neil Leifer

Abbeville Press, 2006

A Year in Sports: From the Rose Bowl to Figure Skating
I bought this as a gift fro a friend and he loved it!!! The pictures are so good............

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