Overview
George Plimpton's follow-up to Paper Lion, one of his personal favorites among his classic books -- repackaged and including a foreword from Steve Almond and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives. In Mad Ducks and Bears, George Plimpton's engaging companion to Paper Lion, Plimpton focuses on two of the most entertaining and roguish linemen and former teammates -- Alex Karras (""Mad Ducks"") and John Gordy (""Bears""), both of whom went on to achieve brilliant post-football success. A more reflective, less madcap book than Plimpton's other work, Mad Ducks and Bears is no less truthful and searching. In this fond exploration of football's values and follies, Plimpton rejoins his two teammates to discuss their careers in this brutal but captivating game. The result is an astute exploration into the fascinating lives and motivations of the players at home, in the locker room, and on the field.
Full Product Details
Author: George Plimpton ,
Professor Steve Almond ,
Tom Wolfe
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Imprint: Little Brown and Company
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.10cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9780316326445
ISBN 10: 0316326445
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 26 April 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
[An] irreverent and roguish account of the lives of the two linemen.... Pure gold. Chicago Tribune
Plimpton has done it again. Sports Illustrated Sports memoirs, like humor collections, rarely outlive their authors, but Plimpton's books have aged gracefully and even matured. Today they have the additional (and unintended) appeal of vivid history, bearing witness to a mythical era. Nathaniel Rich, New York Review of Books A delight--more entertaining, if possible, than I remembered... the reader leaves George Plimpton's wide world of sports with deep reluctance.... His prose is as elegant and seemingly effortless as Ted Williams's swing or an Arnold Palmer iron shot.... His teammates recede--like the old baseball players vanishing into the cornfield in Field of Dreams, taking their magical world with them but living on in fond memory. Edward Kosner, Wall Street Journal [An] irreverent and roguish account of the lives of the two linemen.... Pure gold. Chicago Tribune Plimpton has done it again. Sports Illustrated
Author Information
George Plimpton (1927-2003) was the bestselling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the Paris Review. He wrote regularly for such magazines as Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.
