Andrew Maraniss: 3 books
Strong Inside (Young Readers Edition)
The True Story of How Perry Wallace Broke College Basketball's Color Line
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
The inspirational true story of the first African American to play college basketball in the deeply segregated Southeastern Conference--a powerful moment in Black history.
Perry Wallace was born at an historic crossroads in U.S. history. He entered kindergarten the year that the Brown v. Board...
Strong Inside
Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
New York Times Best Seller
2015 RFK Book Awards Special Recognition
2015 Lillian Smith Book Award
2015 AAUP Books Committee "Outstanding" Title
Based on more than eighty interviews, this fast-paced, richly detailed biography of Perry Wallace, the first African American basketball...
Games of Deception
The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the remarkable true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany. Perfect for fans of The Boys in the Boat and Unbroken.
On a scorching hot day in July 1936, thousands of people cheered...