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1) Jimmy
Connors Saved my Life by Joel Drucker (2004) Hard cover. In like new condition
except for the dust cover. Someone put a sticker on it but I removed it. Its a
little sticky their. Otherwise the book is Brand New. Retails for $19.95
13 of 15
people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out
of 5 stars Unauthorized but as Close as You'll get to Jimmy Connors, October
31, 2004
Joel
Drucker does a great job fulfilling his desire to write a biography about the
elusive Jimmy Connors. Like Connors, Drucker grew up in St. Louis and later Los
Angeles with an interest in tennis that later allowed him to cross paths with
Jimmy Connors, his tennis hero. But it was not always that way as Drucker
chronicles his love for the stated elegance of the game and his dissatisfaction
with the new "ugly" heroes, Connors, Nastase and McEnroe.
Slowly
the Connors mystique captures Drucker and he elegantly writes of his love of
tennis while at the same time discussing the struggles of his older brother who
suffers from mental illness. The overlay of his personal story only takes about
1/4 of the book with the remainder covering Connors who is a unique human being
blessed to be fueled by the overwhelming desire to compete against the world.
But this competitive fire has its downside as Connors never really lets anyone
close and competes on the tour as a loner while most other competitors
socialize and enjoy each other's company.
So with
this background, Drucker reconstructs the meteoric rise of Connors' career
through his eventual drop below Borg and McEnroe while he leaves his high
school tennis career, attends Cal Berkeley and starts a failed career as a
tennis journalist. From here he's able to spend time with Connors and get drawn
in to the very small inner circle. Drucker floats the idea of a biography which
Connors always seems interested in but in the end, Connors remains the loner
who is, not letting anyone get close enough to really know him. Connors is a
warrior. He has the heart of a lion even though his ability to interact with
other humans may not be as advanced as most people would like.
Overall,
this is an enlightening, well-written book. I recommend this book for anyone
with an interest in tennis or the history of tennis as well as those interested
in inter-personal relationships. I suspect we'll see other books from Drucker
as he is an excellent writer.
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2) REAL
CHICAGO SPORTS photographs from the files of The Chicago Sun-Times Retails
$35.00
Synopsis
They play
for love. They play for money. On soggy softball fields. And in front of the
ivy at Wrigley. And wherever they play, the Chicago Sun-Times photo staff is
there. For 75 years, photographers from the Daily Times, the Sun, the Daily
News and the Sun-Times have shoved to the front row to capture the cigar-smoke
atmosphere and Cracker Jack feel of sports. Once there, they take direct,
in-your-face photos that show what it takes to be a champion and how it feels
to lose. Here’s your chance to sneak into the dressing room or look down from
the rafters of the city’s arenas. And here’s your chance to relive Chicago’s
sports memories. Were you there when the Bears intercepted five passes in the
1963 championship game? Were you there when the Blackhawks won their first
regular-season crown, or when Michael Jordan took off from the free-throw line
in the slam-dunk contest before the 1988 All-Star Game? The Sun-Times was, and
now you can be, too. This is the first major photo book that documents
Chicago’s first love-sports. Real Chicago Sports contains over 375 duotone
photos from the 1930s to today, including the magical 2005 Chicago White Sox
season.
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3) What's
Going On? California and the Vietnam Era. by Marcia A. Eymann and Charles M.
Wollenberg Retails $34.95 For the soft cover, this one is the Hard Cover.
Editorial
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Description
A turning
point in twentieth-century American history, the war in Vietnam raised profound
questions that affected every aspect of life in the United States. A dramatic
case study of the political passions, spiritual pain, and cultural divisions
produced by the war, What's Going On? California and the Vietnam Era provides
for the first time a balanced and personal look at the Vietnam years in
California, revealing their impact on American life and culture. Wallace
Stegner believed that California "is like the rest of the United States,
only more so," and in this book we discover the truth behind that
sentiment.
Conceived
in tandem with the Oakland Museum of California's innovative national touring
exhibition of the same title, this absorbing collection of essays captures the
essence of a unique time and place. The exhibition itself centers on events
between 1965 and 1975 and examines the legacy of those years on the state today
through some 500 historical artifacts--documents, news accounts, photographs,
film clips, musical excerpts, and personal stories presented in multiple
formats. These accompanying essays delve deeper into the themes raised by the
exhibit, looking into such topics as the relationship between Cold War
politics, the Vietnam War, and California's economy; social activism from the
Right and the Left; the rise of the feminist, African American, Chicano, and
veterans' movements; Vietnamese refugees; media images of the war; and the
legacy of those years on the entire nation.
From the
Inside Flap
"This
intriguing book provides a rich variety of perspectives on the roles played by
California and Californians during the watershed era of the Vietnam War. It
examines the continuing legacy of that war and is particularly valuable for the
light it casts on the contributions of the Vietnamese to California and the
nation."--Lou Cannon, author of Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power
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