The secret game : a wartime story of courage, change, and basketball's lost triumph / Scott Ellsworth.
Story of a 1944 illegal basketball game between the North Carolina College for Negroes in Durham and the Duke University medical school team.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316244627
- ISBN: 9780316244626
- Physical Description: viii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Back Bay edition
- Publisher: New York : Back Bay Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-375) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Spring 1944 -- Aubrey -- Negroes with LaSalles -- Big dog -- "Nobody wanted to mess with him" -- Fathers and sons -- Lawrence -- "That's how you do it!" -- Berlin, 1936 -- Racehorse basketball -- Hoosiers -- City of stone -- Blue devil -- Medicine ball -- "He can't sit there" -- Burgess -- A Knock at the door -- "You could see it in their eyes" -- New York -- The Secret game -- "Did you hear about ..." -- Look away -- Epilogue -- Afterword: The ghosts of Jim Crow.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | NC 796.3236 ELL (Text) | 36015000620670 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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