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020			_a9781324006695 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781324021889 _q(paperback)
020			_z9781324006701 _q(epub)
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050	0	0	_aGV707 _b.B7195 2021
082	0	0	_a796.0973 _223
100	1		_aBranch, John _c(Sports reporter),
240	1	0	_aNewspaper columns. _kSelections.
245	1	0	_aSidecountry : _btales of death and life from the back roads of sports / _cJohn Branch.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, N.Y. : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2021]
300			_axviii, 350 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aSnow fall -- The Dawn Wall -- Lost brother -- On league night, a 300 game lives -- Perfection in the horseshoe pit -- Where drivers and danger meet -- Enduring traditions -- Where creativity wags its tail -- A last hurrah for Hollywood Park -- The Lady Jaguars -- Hunting something that can hunt you back -- The most perilous prize -- The ultimate pursuit -- "You're either the hunter or the hunted" -- Deliverance from 27,000 feet -- Seeing the world beyond the court -- A football coach, a tornado and a murder -- They heard the helicopter go down. Then they prayed -- Children of the cube -- The girl in the no. 8 jersey.
520			_a"Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane features on ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work for the first time, including classic pieces like "Snow Fall," about skiers caught in an avalanche in Washington State, and "Dawn Wall," about rock climbers trying to scale Yosemite's famed El Capitan. In other articles, Branch introduces people whose dedication and decency transcend their sporting lives, including a revered football coach rebuilding his tornado-devastated town in Iowa and a girls' basketball team in Tennessee who play on, despite never winning a game. The book culminates with his moving personal pieces, including "The Girl in the No. 8 Jersey," about a mother killed in the Las Vegas shooting whose daughter happens to play on Branch's daughter's soccer team"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aNewspapers _xSections, columns, etc. _xSports.
650		0	_aSports _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSports _zUnited States.
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