|
Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game | 
 enlarge | Authors: Red Auerbach, John Feinstein
Creator: Arnie Mazer
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $2.13
You Save: $22.85 (91%)
New (14) Used (9) from $0.21
Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 1045521
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 1586217135
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.323092
EAN: 9781586217136
ASIN: 1586217135
Publication Date: October 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Ships immediately! Perfect & New! Factory Sealed! Abridged. 2004 Audio CD.
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Americas favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach in basketball history, to tell the best stories of a legendary life.Living legend Arnold "Red" Auerbach led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships--eight of them consecutive-- during his 17-year tenure in Boston from 1950 to 1966. The fiery coach is a unique personality--brash, opinionated, and unfailingly accurate. As a coach he never stood still along the sidelines, and in retirement he remains a lively part of the game, still consulted by coaches, players, and general managers at age 86.For years, John Feinstein has met regularly with Red Auerbach and his friends, drawing out Reds life story in a raucous series of unforgettable sessions. From those smoke- and laughter-filled rooms come these colorful reports about all the players and coaches Red has worked with and played against over the years. Bob Cousy, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Sam Jones, Bill Russell, and Michael Jordan--you name them, the basketball greats are all here. Red Auerbachs incredible experiences in sports and John Feinsteins unparalleled skill as a sports storyteller make this one of the greatest books to come out of the game of basketball.Red Auerbach has come across all kinds of characters throughout his years in sports and has opinions to offer and amazing stories to tell about all of them. A book about a true sports legend by an extraordinarily popular sportswriter will appeal to all sports fans. John Feinstein has written two of the bestselling sports books of all time, A Good Walk Spoiled (over 756,000 combined copies sold) and A Season on the Brink (over one million combined copies sold), and has regularly landed on the bestseller lists during the past two decades. His most recent book, Caddy for Life, was published in April 2004.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 I hate the Celtics July 26, 2008
but I loved reading this book. So much info in there about the history of the game and the Boston Celtics. We'll miss ya Red!
 terrific April 26, 2008
great book awesome stories. i actual went by the restaurant wherte they eat. The game lost an amazing lifer.
"The Ball in Red's C ourt" December 2, 2007
Of all the Sports that Feinstein covers I think he covers Basketball Best.
This is a superb tale of the Legendary Boston Celtic's LEADER. I was told that Red grew up in the DC area going to a Segregated Roosevelt High School. I wondered how someone coming from a Segregated Environment could draft one of the first 3 African Americans in the Now NBA. Also how he could select the first African American Coach. Well he grew up in Brooklyn in a multi-cultural Neighborhood. Fascinating stories about the Carnegie Deli area. He went to college in DC (GW) (Which I knew), and then later taught at Roosevelt (Which may have been where the confusion started.) I think it helped that I have been in the Chinatown Restaurants that are the setting for a lot of the stories, This an absolutely Great Read, and one of Feinstein's best.
Great read for all basketball fans November 27, 2007
I have never been a fan of the Celtics, but a big basketball fan none the less. Having said that, this book was perfect for me. It is a in-depth, personal look into the life of the greatest coach in basketball history, as told not only by the man himself, but the great writer John Feinstein. This book gives great insight not only the the makings of the Celtic dynasty, but into the beginnings of the games, and how Red has shaped the game into what it is today. Must read for all basketball fans.
what took me so long to read this book? October 12, 2007
I'm not the greatest John Feinstein fan. Sometimes he's really good, but sometimes he just seems like he's trying to be elitist. But when I heard about this book, I put it on my list to buy. Two years later I finally got around to it. My loss.
Red Auerbach was the institutional memory of the NBA as well as the guy who created the Celtic dynasty. He was a master storyteller and collector of people. This book is the story of lunch with Red every Tuesday, 11am @ the China Doll restaurant. Just as importantly it is the story of the people Red collected and his influence on their lives.
No one will claim this book is objective-it's not supposed to be. I'm sure Red had flaws, but I really don't care. For older boomers he and John Wooden define greatness in basketball. I'm just glad to have the stories.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
