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Excerpt from The Dedication of a Monument to the Memory of the Men of Walpole and Vicinity Who Served in the French and Indian WarOétober ye 9 ye 1756 at the Camp near fort wm Henary this Day was a Coart marfhal held at my tent and I was prafadant and captain and captain Bengiman Williams and Leutenant Jacon and Leutenant Peck and infin Swing ware members to try tumen and one wee cleared and the other we gave fifty Lathes for gitting drunk and...

Florida, 1985. Robert Temple, ex reporter di guerra con il blocco dello scrittore, ha deciso di rintanarsi in un cottage sul mare per isolarsi dal mondo e fuggire dai fantasmi del Vietnam. Una mattina d'inverno, però, a seguito di una gita fuori programma a bordo di un dirigibile, scopre che nel ritiro dei Mets è appena arrivato un ragazzo inglese, aspirante monaco buddhista, che ha trascorso gli ultimi otto anni sulle montagne dell'Himalaya. ...

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Originally published by Bantam Books, 1974.

Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1985.

Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 1968.

Originally published: New York: Random House, 1973.

Originally published: New York: Putnam, 1977.

Originally published by Harper and Brothers, 1961.

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, practic...

George Plimpton, der legendäre Verleger der »Paris Review«, führte für dies Buch Hunderte von Interviews, die zeigen, dass es nicht immer nur eine Wahrheit gibt - schon gar nicht, wenn man es mit einem Menschen wie Capote zu tun hat. Ein hochtalentierter Autor und gleichzeitig ein verrückter, eitler, exzentrischer Schauspieler. Auf seinem Lebensweg begegnen wir zahlreicher Prominenz von Andy Warhol über Joan Didion, Norman Mailer bis zu seinem...

Excerpt from The Dedication of a Monument to the Memory of the Men of Walpole and Vicinity Who Served in the French and Indian War Oé'cober ye 9 ye I756 at the Camp near fort wm Henary this Day was a Coart marfhal held at my tent and I was prafadant and captain and captain Bengiman williams and Leutenant Jacon and Leutenant Peck and infin Swing ware members to try tumen and one wee cleared and the other we gave fifty Lathes for gitting drunk ...

Editor, essayist, sportswriter, adventurer--George Plimpton perhaps needs less introduction than any figure of contemporary American letters. Whether quarterbacking with the Detroit Lions, playing percussion with the New York Philharmonic, or on the ice with the Boston Bruins, Plimpton is best known for gamely entering any arena and surviving to write about his experience--with grace, urbanity, and considerable good humor.But such classics as ...

He was the most social of writers, and at the height of his career, he was the very nexus of the glamorous worlds of the arts, politics and society, a position best exemplified by his still legendary Black and White Ball. Truman truly knew everyone, and now the people who knew him best tell his remarkable story to bestselling author and literary lion, George Plimpton.Using the oral-biography style that made his Edie (edited with Jean Stein) a ...

When it comes to popularity, American enthusiasm for sports is right up there with mom and apple pie. From this long love affair with the games of men and boys-and, increasingly, women-has sprung a vast literature that moves across fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

The book that made a legend--and captures America's sport in detail that's never been matched, now featuring an introduction by Tom Wolfe 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, practici...

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In the tradition of his smash bestseller "Edie", Plimpton brings the endlessly intriguing Truman Capote to life via a dizzying cast of oral biographers, including Lauren Bacall, Katherine Graham, Gore Vidal, and William F. Buckley, Jr. Photos.

In this follow up to "Paper Lion", Plimpton rejoins two of his former teammates in an insightful glimpse into the lives of professional sportspeople. An American classic of sports writing, published in the UK for the first time.