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By the grace of the game : the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and an unprecedented American dream
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- Physical
- Summary
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"This book details a family's unique story from escaping the Holocaust to landing in America to playing in the NBA"--
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- Creator
- Dan Grunfeld
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago, Illinois : Triumph Books LLC, [2021]
- Physical Details
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- xix, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781629379227, 1629379220, 9781641257008, 9781641257008
- OCLC
- on1248600602
- Introduction: What matters most & why -- 1. Life & the city game -- 2. Auschwitz & a spoon -- 3. the Garden & beasts -- 4. Soup & Nazis -- 5. Seeds & the farm -- 6. Eichman & Wallenberg -- 7. A tic & the clock -- 8. Gypsies & Transylvania -- 9. Mind & body -- 10. Smugglers & icon -- 11. Pain & progress -- 12. Death & basketball -- 13. An accident & Larry Bird -- 14. The store & a beating -- 15. Germany now & then -- 16. King & queens -- 17. Ring & run -- 18. Mettle & gold -- 19. Milk & honey -- 20. End & the association -- 21. Now & when