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2021

Format:	Book
Author:	Montville, Leigh, author.
Title:	Tall men, short shorts : the 1969 NBA finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a very young sports reporter / Leigh Montville.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, N.Y. : Doubleday, [2021]
Description:	xii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:	"A lively and colorful account of the 1969 NBA Finals--one of the greatest upsets in basketball history--through the eyes of future sports writing legend Leigh Montville, who was covering the coast-to-coast event as a brand-new twenty-four-year-old reporter for The Boston Globe"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Chamberlain, Wilt, 1936-1999. Russell, Bill, 1934-2022 Montville, Leigh. NBA Finals (Basketball) (1969) Sportswriters -- United States -- Biography.
Genre:	Sports writing.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Introduction -- Flying -- Practice -- Russell -- Wilt -- Establishing position -- Time to go -- Game one -- Off day -- Game two -- Off day -- Game three -- Off day -- Game four -- Off day -- Game five -- Off day -- Game six -- Off day -- Game seven -- A small parade -- Next -- Coda.
LCCN:	2021000519
ISBN:	9780385545198 0385545193
Other Number:	1235903737
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	907364
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Call Number:	796.323 Montvill

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