Pounding the Rock
Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School
$60.20
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
18 April 2019
Summary
An example of the very highest calibre of sportswriting.
Welcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships.
Head coach Marc Skelton tells the thrilling story of an entire season, as the Panthers seek to improve on an early exit from the playoffs the year before. But this is a story which extends far beyond the basketball court. It’s a profile of a school that, against …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787290051 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787290050 |
| Author: | Marc Skelton |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Yellow Jersey Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 18 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 377g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 144mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Marc Skelton
Marc Skelton is a former all-state basketball guard from Derry, New Hampshire. He graduated from Northeastern University, served two years in the Peace Corps in Moldova, and holds a master’s degree in education and Russian studies from Columbia University. He teaches history at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School in the Bronx and has coached the boys’ basketball team there since 2007, winning two citywide championships and one statewide championship.
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