Billerica Public Library

By the grace of the game, the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and an unprecedented American dream, Dan Grunfeld

Label
By the grace of the game, the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and an unprecedented American dream, Dan Grunfeld
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
By the grace of the game
Oclc number
1248600602
Responsibility statement
Dan Grunfeld
Sub title
the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and an unprecedented American dream
Summary
"This book details a family's unique story from escaping the Holocaust to landing in America to playing in the NBA"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction: What matters most & why -- 1. Life & the city game -- 2. Auschwitz & a spoon -- 3. the Garden & beasts -- 4. Soup & Nazis -- 5. Seeds & the farm -- 6. Eichman & Wallenberg -- 7. A tic & the clock -- 8. Gypsies & Transylvania -- 9. Mind & body -- 10. Smugglers & icon -- 11. Pain & progress -- 12. Death & basketball -- 13. An accident & Larry Bird -- 14. The store & a beating -- 15. Germany now & then -- 16. King & queens -- 17. Ring & run -- 18. Mettle & gold -- 19. Milk & honey -- 20. End & the association -- 21. Now & when
Classification
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