Peter Richmond (1)
Autore di Badasses: The Legend of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden's Oakland Raiders
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Peter Richmond attended The Choate School and Yale University. He was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in Journalism at Harvard where he studied art, architecture, paleontology and playwriting. His stories have been anthologized in 13 books, including "Best American Sportswriting of the Twentieth mostra altro Century," and four appearances in "Best Sportswriting of the Year" anthologies. Peter has published four books, one a New York Times bestseller, and his fifth, "Badasses," a history of the Oakland Raiders of the Seventies was published by HarperCollins in September 2010. He lives in Millerton, New York, in Dutchess County, with his wife, writer and wine purveyor Melissa Davis. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Oakhurst seems creepy at first look, but Jack likes his roommate and has an instant attraction to Caroline, a pretty, but shy flute player. His passion is playing the piano and one of the reasons his father pushed him to come here is the concert featuring a piano competition in front of alumni and this year possibly TV cameras that happens just before the Thanksgiving break. After signing up for piano tutoring, Jack acts on an impulse and signs up to play football. It's a life-changing decision. True, back in New York, he was pretty good at catching passes in pick-up games, but he's never experienced anything like the intensity his new teammates exude as practices progress.
There's an urgency to win the prep league championship and for some of the players, that means using whatever substance will get them to peak performance. Jack must tread a fine line in order to keep his own values without angering the more rabid team members. Add in a passing interest by the quarterback's girlfriend, a growing 'something' with Caroline, his gradual realization that not only is football fun, but it's more important to him than he ever imagined, coupled with a personal crisis about the piano competition and you have a story that's tight and very well crafted. This is a book that teens who love sports, who have parental issues, who have struggled with the whole performance enhancement dilemma, or who like music can enjoy a lot. It's certainly worthy of being added to both school and public library collections.… (altro)