Book Shelf: The Works Of David Halberstam And A Forgotten Horse
The N.Y. TIMES BOOK REVIEW's Edward Lewine reviewed "EVERYTHING THEY HAD: SPORTS WRITING FROM DAVID HALBERSTAM," edited by GLENN STOUT, and wrote Halberstam is "more like a historian. He treats his subject at some remove. The big picture is never far from his mind. This can produce fascinating and affecting results" (N.Y. TIMES BOOK REVIEW, 6/1).
FORGOTTEN HORSE: USA TODAY's Deirdre Donahue wrote CHARLES LEERHSEN's "CRAZY GOOD: THE TRUE STORY OF DAN PATCH, THE MOST FAMOUS HORSE IN AMERICA" is a "terrific look at a legendary if now forgotten equine superstar." Leerhsen "does for early 20th-century American harness racing what LAURA HILLENBRAND's 'SEABISCUIT' did for Depression-era Thoroughbred racing." But Patch's career was "less dramatic than Seabiscuit's, so this equine biography is less compelling than Hillenbrand's book" (USA TODAY, 6/3). ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY's Bob Cannon gave "Crazy Good" an "A-" and writes in "rescuing Dan from the mists of history, [Leerhsen] also draws a wry, moving account of America's first epidemic of sports fever" (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, 6/6 issue).
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: In Oregon, Ron Bellamy reviewed "OUT OF NOWHERE: THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW NIKE MARKETED THE CULTURE OF RUNNING," by GEOFF HOLLISTER, Nike's "third official employee." Bellamy wrote parts of the book are "remarkably blunt; there are former co-workers, and even an athlete or two, not portrayed in the most flattering of lights" (Eugene REGISTER-GUARD, 6/ 3).
SAFETY FIRST: USA TODAY's Tom Weir wrote MICHAEL SOKOLOVE's "WARRIOR GIRLS," released yesterday by Simon & Schuster, is "aimed at saving the futures of female athletes, particularly the wave that is falling victim to torn ACLs" (USA TODAY, 6/3)....In Chicago, Barry Temkin reviewed TOM FARREY's new book "GAME ON: THE ALL-AMERICAN RACE TO MAKE CHAMPIONS OF OUR CHILDREN," and wrote the book "describes in disheartening detail a youth sports world run amok, largely because of specialization." Farrey "bemoans a youth sports world that encourages kids to specialize too soon, especially because of travel teams they join at too young an age" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6/1).
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