Pistol: A Biography of Pete Maravich
2007 เดซเตเดฌเตเดฐเต ยท Simon and Schuster
4.7star
15 เด
เดตเดฒเตเดเดจเดเตเดเตพreport
เด-เดฌเตเดเตเดเต
384
เดชเตเดเตเดเตพ
family_home
เดฏเตเดเตเดฏเดคเดฏเตเดฃเตเดเต
info
reportเดฑเตเดฑเตเดฑเดฟเดเดเตเดเดณเตเด เดฑเดฟเดตเตเดฏเตเดเดณเตเด เดชเดฐเดฟเดถเตเดงเดฟเดเตเดเตเดฑเดชเตเดชเดฟเดเตเดเดคเดฒเตเดฒ ย เดเตเดเตเดคเดฒเดฑเดฟเดฏเตเด
เด เด-เดฌเตเดเตเดเดฟเดจเตเดเตเดเตเดฑเดฟเดเตเดเต
The New York Times bestselling Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father's dreamโand the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Peteโa basketball icon for baby boomersโall the Maraviches paid a price. Now acclaimed author Mark Kriegel has brilliantly captured the saga of an American family: its rise, its apparent ruin, and, finally, its redemption.
Almost four decades have passed since Maravich entered the national consciousness as basketball's boy wizard. No one had ever played the game like the kid with the floppy socks and shaggy hair. And all these years later, no one else ever has. The idea of Pistol Pete continues to resonate with young people today just as powerfully as it did with their fathers.
In averaging 44.2 points a game at Louisiana State University, he established records that will never be broken. But even more enduring than the numbers was the sense of ecstasy and artistry with which he played. With the ball in his hands, Maravich had a singular power to inspire awe, inflict embarrassment, or even tell a joke.
But he wasn't merely a mesmerizing showman. He was basketball's answer to Elvis, a white Southerner who sold Middle America on a black man's game. Like Elvis, he paid a terrible price, becoming a prisoner of his own fame.
Set largely in the South, Kriegel's Pistol, a tale of obsession and basketball, fathers and sons, merges several archetypal characters. Maravich was a child prodigy, a prodigal son, his father's ransom in a Faustian bargain, and a Great White Hope. But he was also a creature of contradictions: always the outsider but a virtuoso in a team sport, an exuberant showman who wouldn't look you in the eye, a vegetarian boozer, an athlete who lived like a rock star, a suicidal genius saved by Jesus Christ.
A renowned biographerโPeople magazine called him โa masterโโKriegel renders his subject with a style that is, by turns, heartbreaking, lyrical, and electric.
The narrative begins in 1929, the year a missionary gave Pete's father a basketball. Press Maravich had been a neglected child trapped in a hellish industrial town, but the game enabled him to blossom. It also caused him to confuse basketball with salvation. The intensity of Press's obsession initiates a journey across three generations of Maraviches. Pistol Pete, a ballplayer unlike any other, was a product of his father's vanity and vision. But that dream continues to exact a price on Pete's own sons. Now in their twentiesโand fatherless for most of their livesโthey have waged their own struggles with the game and its ghosts.
Pistol is an unforgettable biography. By telling one family's history, Kriegel has traced the history of the game and a large slice of the American narrative.
Almost four decades have passed since Maravich entered the national consciousness as basketball's boy wizard. No one had ever played the game like the kid with the floppy socks and shaggy hair. And all these years later, no one else ever has. The idea of Pistol Pete continues to resonate with young people today just as powerfully as it did with their fathers.
In averaging 44.2 points a game at Louisiana State University, he established records that will never be broken. But even more enduring than the numbers was the sense of ecstasy and artistry with which he played. With the ball in his hands, Maravich had a singular power to inspire awe, inflict embarrassment, or even tell a joke.
But he wasn't merely a mesmerizing showman. He was basketball's answer to Elvis, a white Southerner who sold Middle America on a black man's game. Like Elvis, he paid a terrible price, becoming a prisoner of his own fame.
Set largely in the South, Kriegel's Pistol, a tale of obsession and basketball, fathers and sons, merges several archetypal characters. Maravich was a child prodigy, a prodigal son, his father's ransom in a Faustian bargain, and a Great White Hope. But he was also a creature of contradictions: always the outsider but a virtuoso in a team sport, an exuberant showman who wouldn't look you in the eye, a vegetarian boozer, an athlete who lived like a rock star, a suicidal genius saved by Jesus Christ.
A renowned biographerโPeople magazine called him โa masterโโKriegel renders his subject with a style that is, by turns, heartbreaking, lyrical, and electric.
The narrative begins in 1929, the year a missionary gave Pete's father a basketball. Press Maravich had been a neglected child trapped in a hellish industrial town, but the game enabled him to blossom. It also caused him to confuse basketball with salvation. The intensity of Press's obsession initiates a journey across three generations of Maraviches. Pistol Pete, a ballplayer unlike any other, was a product of his father's vanity and vision. But that dream continues to exact a price on Pete's own sons. Now in their twentiesโand fatherless for most of their livesโthey have waged their own struggles with the game and its ghosts.
Pistol is an unforgettable biography. By telling one family's history, Kriegel has traced the history of the game and a large slice of the American narrative.
เดฑเตเดฑเตเดฑเดฟเดเดเตเดเดณเตเด เดฑเดฟเดตเตเดฏเตเดเดณเตเด
4.7
15 เดฑเดฟเดตเตเดฏเตเดเตพ
เดฐเดเดฏเดฟเดคเดพเดตเดฟเดจเต เดเตเดฑเดฟเดเตเดเต
Mark Kriegel is the author of two critically acclaimed bestsellers, Namath: A Biography and Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich. He is a veteran columnist and a commentator for the NFL Network. He lives with his daughter, Holiday, in Santa Monica, California.
เด เด-เดฌเตเดเตเดเต เดฑเตเดฑเตเดฑเต เดเตเดฏเตเดฏเตเด
เดจเดฟเดเตเดเดณเตเดเต เด
เดญเดฟเดชเตเดฐเดพเดฏเด เดเดเตเดเดณเต เด
เดฑเดฟเดฏเดฟเดเตเดเตเด.
เดตเดพเดฏเดจเดพ เดตเดฟเดตเดฐเดเตเดเตพ
เดธเตโเดฎเดพเตผเดเตเดเตเดซเตเดฃเตเดเดณเตเด เดเดพเดฌเตโเดฒเตเดฑเตเดฑเตเดเดณเตเด
Android, iPad/iPhone เดเดจเตเดจเดฟเดตเดฏเตเดเตเดเดพเดฏเดฟ Google Play เดฌเตเดเตโเดธเต เดเดชเตเดชเต เดเตปเดธเตโเดฑเตเดฑเดพเตพ เดเตเดฏเตเดฏเตเด. เดเดคเต เดจเดฟเดเตเดเดณเตเดเต เด
เดเตเดเตเดฃเตเดเตเดฎเดพเดฏเดฟ เดธเตเดตเดฏเดฎเตเดต เดธเดฎเดจเตเดตเดฏเดฟเดชเตเดชเดฟเดเตเดเดชเตเดชเตเดเตเดเดฏเตเด, เดเดตเดฟเดเต เดเดฏเดฟเดฐเตเดจเตเดจเดพเดฒเตเด เดเตบเดฒเตเดจเดฟเตฝ เด
เดฒเตเดฒเตเดเตเดเดฟเตฝ เดเดซเตโเดฒเตเดจเดฟเตฝ เดตเดพเดฏเดฟเดเตเดเดพเตป เดจเดฟเดเตเดเดณเต เด
เดจเตเดตเดฆเดฟเดเตเดเตเดเดฏเตเด เดเตเดฏเตเดฏเตเดจเตเดจเต.
เดฒเดพเดชเตเดเตเดชเตเดชเตเดเดณเตเด เดเดฎเตเดชเตเดฏเตเดเตเดเดฑเตเดเดณเตเด
Google Play-เดฏเดฟเตฝ เดจเดฟเดจเตเดจเต เดตเดพเดเตเดเดฟเดฏเดฟเดเตเดเตเดณเตเดณ เดเดกเดฟเดฏเต เดฌเตเดเตเดเตเดเตพ เดเดฎเตเดชเตเดฏเตเดเตเดเดฑเดฟเดจเตโเดฑเต เดตเตเดฌเต เดฌเตเดฐเตเดธเตผ เดเดชเดฏเตเดเดฟเดเตเดเตเดเตเดฃเตเดเต เดตเดพเดฏเดฟเดเตเดเดพเดตเตเดจเตเดจเดคเดพเดฃเต.
เด-เดฑเตเดกเดฑเตเดเดณเตเด เดฎเดฑเตเดฑเต เดเดชเดเดฐเดฃเดเตเดเดณเตเด
Kobo เด-เดฑเตเดกเดฑเตเดเตพ เดชเตเดฒเตเดณเตเดณ เด-เดเดเตเดเต เดเดชเดเดฐเดฃเดเตเดเดณเดฟเตฝ เดตเดพเดฏเดฟเดเตเดเดพเตป เดเดฐเต เดซเดฏเตฝ เดกเตเตบเดฒเตเดกเต เดเตเดฏเตเดคเต เด
เดคเต เดจเดฟเดเตเดเดณเตเดเต เดเดชเดเดฐเดฃเดคเตเดคเดฟเดฒเตเดเตเดเต เดเตเดฎเดพเดฑเตเดฃเตเดเดคเตเดฃเตเดเต. เดชเดฟเดจเตเดคเตเดฃเดฏเตเดณเตเดณ เด-เดฑเตเดกเดฑเตเดเดณเดฟเดฒเตเดเตเดเต เดซเดฏเดฒเตเดเตพ เดเตเดฎเดพเดฑเดพเตป, เดธเดนเดพเดฏ เดเตเดจเตเดฆเตเดฐเดคเตเดคเดฟเดฒเตเดณเตเดณ เดตเดฟเดถเดฆเดฎเดพเดฏ เดจเดฟเตผเดฆเตเดฆเตเดถเดเตเดเตพ เดซเตเดณเต เดเตเดฏเตเดฏเตเด.
