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Format:

Book

Author:

Schumacher, Michael, 1950-

Title:

Mr. Basketball : George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the birth of the NBA / Michael Schumacher.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007.

Description:

xiv, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Summary:

Drawing on extensive interviews with former teammates, opponents, coaches, friends, and rivals, Schumacher reveals a nuanced portrait of George Mikan, the first dominant big man in professional basketball, and a fascinating look at the birth of the National Basketball Association.

Subjects:

Mikan, George, 1924-2005.

Minneapolis Lakers (Basketball team) -- History.

Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Other Title:

George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the birth of the NBA

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304) and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- Awkward kid with glasses -- The project -- Blue Demon -- The M & M boys -- A disappointing finale -- The Chicago gears -- Champs? -- The Minneapolis Lakers -- Lakers vs. Globetrotters -- Birth of the NBA -- Three-peat -- Shocks and changes -- Mikan rules -- Rolling on -- Going out on top -- Failed comeback -- ABA commissioner -- In honor of the pioneers -- A final campaign -- Acknowledgments -- George Mikan's career statistics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Web Site:

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

2007009066

ISBN:

9781596912137

1596912138

Other Number:

85830728

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

206521

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

796.323092 Schumach