Ultimate glory
Subtitle: Frisbee, obsession, and my wild youth
By: David Gessner
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780735210561
Subjects: Ultimate (Game); Childhood and youth
Description: Before he made a name for himself as an acclaimed essayist and nature writer, David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless hours, sacrificing his body and potential career for a chance at fleeting glory without fortune or fame. His only goal: to win Nationals and go down in Ultimate history as one of the greatest athletes no one has ever heard of. --amazon.com.
Table of contents: title: Ultimate preamble: that primal feeling; title: Fair Harvard; title: Origin stories; title: Arête, and the dawn of the barbarians; title: The hunger of youth; title: Commencement; title: Glory days; title: The glorious fall; title: My forever love; title: Defending champs; title: Howls of arrogant laughter; title: Childish things; title: Benediction; title: A Frisbee afterlife; title: Epilogue: This is the modern world.