June 16, 2007

wfzimmerman's review: "Not a bad starting point for a basketball collection built around biographies of guys with lots of rings. Next on my shopping list: the Robert Horry story!"
Random House Inc (1979), Hardcover
tags: basketball, NBA

wfzimmerman's review: "A treasured childhood history of the Big Ten. Still provides outstanding coverage within its historical scope."
Prentice-Hall (1967), Unknown Binding, 496 pages
tags: childhood

wfzimmerman's review: "I have both ARC and first hc edition of this terrific book by friend of the family Sam Walker."
Viking Adult (2006), Hardcover, 368 pages
tags: ARC, advance reading copy, first edition, early readers

wfzimmerman's review: "If I were going to collect baseball biographies, Ted Williams would be at the top of the list -- the "Splendid Splinter" makes most other athletes look stupid with his Hall of Fame career numbers and his five years serving his country as a fighter pilot in WW2 and Korea. However, I'm not sure that I do want to collect baseball biographies, so this title is on the trading block... "
Bison Books (2000), Paperback, 420 pages
tags: singleton

wfzimmerman's review: "Back before European basketball became better than the NBA ...."
Simon & Schuster (1994), Hardcover, 320 pages
tags: international basketball