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Paper Lion

Paper Lion

Confessions of a last-string quarterback

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  • Release Date: 04/08/2016
  • Barcode: 9780224100229
  • Genre: Non-Fiction
  • Sub-Genre: Biography
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Paper Lion

Paper Lion

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Confessions of a last-string quarterback

In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions’ pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism.


In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions’ pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team – getting to know the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks, taking behind the scenes snaps and capturing a host of American football rites and rituals.

Plimpton might not have made it as a quarterback, but fifty years after its first publication, Paper Lion remains one of the most insightful and entertaining classics of sports literature.



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