The city game
Subtitle: from the Garden to the playgrounds
By: Pete Axthelm ; introduction to the Bison books edition by Rick Telander.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: New York Knickerbockers (Basketball team); Basketball -- New York (State) -- New York
Description: "Pete Axthelm follows the 1969-70 season of the New York Knicks and provides a parallel focus on basketball as it was then played in the black neighborhoods of New York City. Throughout, he writes clearly, intelligently, and passionately about the game, bringing alive the players' efforts, accomplishments, and failures."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Harper's Magazine Press, 1970.
"Bison books"--Spine.