Description
Named by The New York Times as "a knowing, respectful and caring look at heartland America" and containing a new foreword by legendary player Bob Plump, this is a book every basketball lover should own. The best of Phillip Hoose's classic writings are included here with a fresh look on Indiana's favorite and most beloved sport. A new edition of a well-known Indiana classic, Hoosiers profiles some of the world's most famous basketball players and coaches-Larry Bird, Bobby Plump, Damon Bailey, Steve Alford, Stephanie White, and Bob Knight among them-along with Indiana towns, schools, and programs. The ultimate book for the diehard fan, Hoosiers: The Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana explores Hoosier hysteria in all its glory.
About the Author
Phillip M. Hoose is the widely-acclaimed author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles, including the National Book Award winning book, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. He is also the author of the multi-award winning title, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, the National Book Award Finalist We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History, and the Christopher Award-winning manual for youth activism, It's Our World Too!
Reviews
A knowing, respectful and caring look at heartland America.
* The New York Times *An unusually perceptive and entertaining study of heartland America.
* The Chicago Tribune *Transcends sports and operates as cultural history. . .Warm, graceful, full of the happy savor of letter jackets and cheerleaders' sweaters.
* The Boston Globe *Will appeal not only to basketball fanatics but to mainstream readers as well. It is a knowing, respectful and caring look at heartland America.
* The New York Times *A truly superior book. . . It's a steal.
* The Indianapolis News *If you're a Hoosier Hysteric, call time out and go buy it; if you're not, reading Hoosiers will be like studying the strange ways of a cult that worships gym shoes.
* Playboy *From reviews of the second edition: The finest book ever written on Indiana Basketball.
-- Bob Collins,Indiana history as view through a basketball net. . . An absorbing historical narrative, woven around modern Indiana history, using basketball as the thread.
* The Indiana Historical Society *From reviews of the second edition: Hoose develops a narrative that transcends sports and operates as cultural historyWarm, graceful, full of the happy savor of letter jackets and cheerleaders' sweaters...includes the great personalities of the game - Larry Bird, Rick Mount and the maniacal Bobby Knight-yet keeps the locus local, social and intimate.
-- The Boston GlobeTo say this little gem is a sports book is to say The Sun Also Rises is about bullfighting.
-- Scripps Howard News ServiceTerrific reading.
-- The Sporting NewsFrom reviews of the second edition: The best book ever written on Indiana high school basketball. Hoose not only writes well, but his vignettes and anecdotes are fascinating. His chapter on Larry Bird is probably the best short piece ever written about him.
-- Author Lee Daniel Levine, inOne of ten recommended sports books for kids.
* The Kids' World Almanac of Records and Facts *A thoughtful, elegantly crafted and shrewdly entertaining examination of a fascinating American subculture. . . An amusing, vital and intelligent book about a slice of America too easily ignored.
* Kirkus Reviews *This superbly written piece of sports journalism will alternately tickle the funnybone and pluck at the heartstrings of basketball fans everywhere.
* Booklist *Phillip Hoose examines the phenomenon of Indiana basketball with wit and whimsy.
-- U.S. News and World ReportOf all the books written about high school basketball in Indiana, this is the one that has lasted and will last, for good reason: None better explains the whys and wherefores, the context, culture, and fascinating history behind the hysteria. Read it to better understand Indiana as you would read Friday Night Lights to better understand Texas, or The City Game to better understand Harlem.
-- Alexander WolffAn unusually perceptive and entertaining study of heartland America.
* The Chicago Tribune *Transcends sports and operates as cultural history. . .Warm, graceful, full of the happy savor of letter jackets and cheerleaders' sweaters.
* The Boston Globe *Indiana history as view through a basketball net. . . An absorbing historical narrative, woven around modern Indiana history, using basketball as the thread.
* The Indiana Historical Society *If you're a Hoosier Hysteric, call time out and go buy it; if you're not, reading Hoosiers will be like studying the strange ways of a cult that worships gym shoes.
* Playboy *Will appeal not only to basketball fanatics but to mainstream readers as well. It is a knowing, respectful and caring look at heartland America.
* The New York Times *From reviews of the second edition: Hoose develops a narrative that transcends sports and operates as cultural historyWarm, graceful, full of the happy savor of letter jackets and cheerleaders' sweaters...includes the great personalities of the game - Larry Bird, Rick Mount and the maniacal Bobby Knight-yet keeps the locus local, social and intimate.
-- The Boston GlobeTo say this little gem is a sports book is to say The Sun Also Rises is about bullfighting.
-- Scripps Howard News ServiceTerrific reading.
-- The Sporting NewsOne of ten recommended sports books for kids.
* The Kids' World Almanac of Records and Facts *A thoughtful, elegantly crafted and shrewdly entertaining examination of a fascinating American subculture. . . An amusing, vital and intelligent book about a slice of America too easily ignored.
* Kirkus Reviews *This superbly written piece of sports journalism will alternately tickle the funnybone and pluck at the heartstrings of basketball fans everywhere.
* Booklist *Phillip Hoose examines the phenomenon of Indiana basketball with wit and whimsy.
-- U.S. News and World ReportOf all the books written about high school basketball in Indiana, this is the one that has lasted and will last, for good reason: None better explains the whys and wherefores, the context, culture, and fascinating history behind the hysteria. Read it to better understand Indiana as you would read Friday Night Lights to better understand Texas, or The City Game to better understand Harlem.
-- Alexander Wolff * Sports Illustrated Senior Writer *A knowing, respectful and caring look at heartland America.
* The New York Times *A truly superior book. . . It's a steal.
* The Indianapolis News *Book Information
ISBN 9780253021625
Author Phillip M. Hoose
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 404g
