Book description
The New York Times bestselling Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father's dreamāand the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Peteāa basketball icon for baby boomersāall the Maraviches paidā¦
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1 author picked Pistol as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I rushed out to buy Kriegelās bio of Pistol Pete when it hit stores in 2007.
Iād always found Maravich fascinating as a basketball playerāthe guy is still the all-time leading scorer in Division I menās basketball history, and he played just three years of college ballābut didnāt know much about his life.
I wondered: How was there enough material for Kriegel to write a full-length book about him? Turns out, more than enough for Mark to write a brilliant book that, like so many great sports stories, is really about fathers and sons.
From Mike's list on going beyond the final score.
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