{"product_id":"playing-for-keeps-michael-jordan-and-the-world-he-made-paperback","title":"Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes \"the best Jordan book so far\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), the story of Michael Jordan's legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, capped by the 1998 NBA Finals and the team's second three-peat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Breaks of the Game \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eSummer of '49, \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Halberstam has brought the perspective of a great historian, the insider knowledge of a dogged sportswriter, and the love of a fan to bear on some of the most mythic players and teams in the annals of American sports. With Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls he has given himself the greatest challenge and produced his greatest triumph. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlaying for Keeps, \u003c\/i\u003eHalberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan's life that have shaped him in to history's greatest basketball player and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human being in the world.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom The Breaks of the Game to Summer of '49, David Halberstam has brought the perspective of a great historian, the inside knowledge of a dogged sportswriter, and the love of a fan to bear on some of the most mythic players and teams in the annals of American sport. With Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls he has given himself his greatest challenge and produced his greatest triumph. In Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan's life that have shaped him into history's greatest basketball player and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human being in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifteen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best and the Brightest, The Powers That Be, The Reckoning, The Breaks of the Game, Summer of '49, October 1964, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Amateurs\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received every major journalistic award, including the Pulitzer Prize, and is a member of the Society of American Historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757315883296,"sku":"9780767904445","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/248fa6e283ae215b9237741635579d9c.webp?v=1780099446","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/playing-for-keeps-michael-jordan-and-the-world-he-made-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}