Paper Lion by George Plimpton audiobook

Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback

By George Plimpton
Foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff
Read by Dan Woren and Tom Wolfe

Little, Brown & Company 9780316284509

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: Playaway

  • ISBN: 9781478939245

  • ISBN: 9781478939214

  • ISBN: 9781478939238

Runtime: 13.64 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Sports & Recreation
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

The book that made a legend -- and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, featuring a foreword by Nicholas Dawidoff and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.

George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit Lions, practicing with the team, and taking snaps behind center. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks that pervade when sixty high-strung guys live together in close quarters, and a host of football rites and rituals.

One of the funniest and most insightful books ever written on football, Paper Lion is a classic look at the gridiron game and a book The Wall Street Journal calls "a continuous feast...The best book ever about football -- or anything!"

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A great book that makes football absolutely fascinating to fan and non-fan alike…a tale to gladden the envious heart of every weekend athlete…Plimpton has endless curiosity, unshakable enthusiasm and nerve, and a deep respect for the world he enters.” —New York Times
“Narrator Dan Woren brings a cadre of creative voices to one of George Plimpton’s sports journalism books…Plimpton’s reporting recounts off-the-field antics and on-the-field perspectives, and Woren gives the players and coaches quoted fun, assertive, and sometimes gruff voices. Thanks to his attentive narration, each player maintains an identity, including Plimpton…Thanks to Woren, no one looks bad here…and the Lions come off as well-rounded—though sometimes sophomoric—people, not just one-dimensional athletes.” —AudioFile
“The agility and imaginativeness of his prose transforms his account…into a classic of sports reporting.” —New Yorker
“Narrator Dan Woren brings a cadre of creative voices to one of George Plimpton’s sports journalism books…Fans gain keen insights.” —AudioFile
A continuous feast...The best book ever about football--or anything! —Wall Street Journal
A great book that makes football absolutely fascinating to fan and non-fan alike...a tale to gladden the envious heart of every weekend athlete.... Plimpton has endless curiosity, unshakable enthusiasm and nerve, and a deep respect for the world he enters. —New York Times
The agility and imaginativeness of his prose transforms his account of this daydream into a classic of sports reporting. —The New Yorker
Possibly the most arresting and delightful narrative in all of sports literature. —Book Week
A delight--more entertaining, if possible, than I remembered... the reader leaves George Plimpton's wide world of sports with deep reluctance.... His prose is as elegant and seemingly effortless as Ted Williams's swing or an Arnold Palmer iron shot.... His teammates recede--like the old baseball players vanishing into the cornfield in Field of Dreams, taking their magical world with them but living on in fond memory. —Edward Kosner, Wall Street Journal
Sports memoirs, like humor collections, rarely outlive their authors, but Plimpton's books have aged gracefully and even matured. Today they have the additional (and unintended) appeal of vivid history, bearing witness to a mythical era. —Nathaniel Rich, New York Review of Books

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Author Bio: George Plimpton

Author Bio: George Plimpton

George Plimpton (1927–2003) was the bestselling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the Paris Review. He wrote regularly for such magazines as Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, Playaway
Category: Nonfiction/Sports & Recreation
Runtime: 13.64
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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