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Gotham, Date: 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. As New - 1St Edition - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To The Edges Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - On The Mean Streets Of Jersey City, St. Anthony High School Is More Than A Tiny Brick Schoolhouse-It Is A Beacon Of Hope. Though The School Constantly Teeters On The Brink Of Bankruptcy, It Is Held Together By Felician Nuns Devoted To Helping Students Overcome The Scourges Of Poverty By Preparing Them For College Educations And A Brighter Future. And Each Year From The Student Body Of Just Over 200, Coach Bob Hurley Forges An Elite Nationally Ranked Basketball Team Through Hard Work, His Coaching Genius, And The Sheer Force Of His Personality. In Thirty-One Years As A Coach, Hurley Has Won Twenty-Two State Championships, Two Usa Today National Titles, And Has Sent All Of His Players To College Except For One (Including His Son Bobby, One Of The Greatest Players In College Basketball History). Award-Winning Sportswriter Adrian Wojnarowski Brings The Stories Of The St. Anthony 2003-2004 Season To Vivid Life, As Hurley Struggles To Turn A Troubled Group Of Players Into State Champions And National Title Contenders Again-While Keeping The School He Loves Alive To Continue Its Educational Mission At Any Cost. 2005. Gotham ISBN 1592401023 9781592401024 [CA]

New York, London, et al.: Gotham Books/Published by Penguin Group (USA), Inc., Date: 2005. 1st Printing: Febuary 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 382 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dust jacket. Synopsis: In a city mired in endless decay, where the youth suffer through all the horrors of urban blight, hope comes in a most unassuming form: a tiny brick schoolhouse run by two Felician nuns where a singular basketball genius takes teenagers from the mean streets of Jersey City and turns them into champions on the hardcourt. Coach Bob Hurley had been working miracles at St. Anthony High School for over thirty years, winning state and national championships and offering his players rescue from their surroundings through college scholarships, when he met his most dysfunctional team yet. In The Miracle of St. Anthony Adrian Wojnarowski follows Hurley through a gripping and heartrending season as he struggles to lead a troubled team to glory through his unparalleled understanding of the game and his ceaseless determination to see no more children lost to these streets. Acclaim for The Miracle of St. Anthony: "It takes two ingredients to make a book special: a great story and a great storyteller. The Miracle of St. Anthony has both. Bob Hurley is a remarkable coach; Adrian Wojnarowski is his equal as a writer, says John Feinstein. It takes you ...

ISBN10: 1592401023, ISBN13: 9781592401024, [publisher: Gotham Books] Hardcover First Edition book is tight with no markings, great copy
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gotham Books, Date: 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Subject. 1st Edition. Signed by Bob Hurley on the front endpaper.. 2005. Gotham Books ISBN 1592401023 9781592401024 [US]

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