The Secret Game

A Basketball Story in Black and White

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Scott Ellsworth

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In 1943, at the North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing basketball forever. His team was the highest-scoring team in America, and yet they faced danger whenever they traveled backcountry roads. Across town, the best squad on Duke University's campus wasn't the Blue Devils, but an all-white team from the medical school. They were prepared to take on anyone -- until an audacious invitation arrived. THE SECRET GAME is the story of a long-buried moment in the nation's sporting past. A riveting account of a barrier-shattering game, the evolution of modern basketball - and the coming of a new America.

Author Biography:

Scott Ellsworth has written about American history for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, he is the author of Death in a Promised Land, a groundbreaking account of the 1921 Tulsa race riot. He lives with his wife and twin sons in Ann Arbor, where he teaches at the University of Michigan

Release date NZ

March 1st, 2016

Author

Scott Ellsworth

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United States

Illustrations

26 b/w photos run w/ text

Imprint

Back Bay Books

Pages

400

Publisher

Little, Brown & Company

Dimensions

211x142x29

ISBN-13

9780316244626

Product ID

23043263

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