Levels of the Game

Title
Levels of the Game
  • Levels of the Game by John Mcphee
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Levels of the Game is John McPhee's astonishing account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968.

It begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games.

"This may be the high point of American sports journalism"- Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times
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9780374515263
Levels of the Game
$17.00
Out of Stock
Description

Levels of the Game is John McPhee's astonishing account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968.

It begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games.

"This may be the high point of American sports journalism"- Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times

Description

Levels of the Game is John McPhee's astonishing account of a tennis match played by Arthur Ashe against Clark Graebner at Forest Hills in 1968.

It begins with the ball rising into the air for the initial serve and ends with the final point. McPhee provides a brilliant, stroke-by-stroke description while examining the backgrounds and attitudes which have molded the players' games.

"This may be the high point of American sports journalism"- Robert Lipsyte, The New York Times

ISBN
9780374515263
Publication Date
November 1, 1979
Binding
Paperback
Item Condition
New
Language
English
Pages
160
Keywords
Sports & Recreation | Racket Sports | Tennis; Biography & Autobiography | Sports; Biography & Autobiography | African American & Black; Sports & Recreation | History; Biography & Autobiography | Cultural & Regional; Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs

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