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Title	:	Heaven Is a Playground
Author	:	Rick Telander
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Third edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	November 1st 2009 by Bison Books (first published 1976)
Categories	:	Sports. Basketball. Nonfiction

Heaven Is a Playground

Rick Telander

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 4.21 | 1268 Users | 57 Reviews

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Heaven Is a Playground was the first book on the uniquely American phenomenon of urban basketball. Rick Telander, a young photojournalist and former high school basketball player, spent part of the summer of 1973 and all of the summer of 1974 in Brooklyn living the playground life with his subjects at Foster Park in Flatbush. He slept on the floor of a park regular’s apartment, observing, questioning, traveling and playing with, and eventually coaching a ragtag group of local teenagers whose hopes of better lives were often fanatically attached to the transcendent game itself.

At times little separates the author and his subjects, both of whom are emotionally linked by their passion for hoops. But as the summer unfolds and even superstars such as the legendary and incendiary Fly Williams are confronted with the realities of ghetto life and the sociological hurdles facing African American males, the joy of the game starts to be seen as the wispy pipe dream it often becomes. Written before cell phones, disposable cameras, and cable TV, Heaven Is a Playground is one of a kind—a funny, sad, ultimately inspiring book about Americans and the roots of the sport that they love.

In this third edition, thirty-five years after Telander discovered New York’s kings of basketball, the author provides a retrospective of the game and times.

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Original Title:	Heaven Is a Playground
ISBN:	0803226780 (ISBN13: 9780803226784)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Brooklyn, New York City, New York(United States)

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Ratings: 4.21 From 1268 Users | 57 Reviews

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An Eye-Opening inside Look: Heaven is a Playground5 out of 5 stars Imagine yourself in a basketball game, or whatever sport you love; that rush of adrenaline, the excitement of competition and the amazing feeling you get when you make a good play. Although it may be hard to believe, those who play basketball in the inner-city feel the same way. Heaven is a Playground gives a never-before-seen inside look at the purity of basketball, even in one of the most beleaguered places on Earth. This book

This is a pretty book about basketball and race and some other stuff.

If heaven is a playground then basketball is God: immortal, omnipotent, indifferent. Players come and go, but the playground remains, and in many ways that is the gift of this book. The victory of those high priests rewarded for their devotion with college places and accolades, and the tragedy of those who succumb to limited options, to the ghetto, to lack of skill, who never get a chance to blow, are really all parts of the same tapestry and the game doesn't stop for them or anyone. The court

This book is one of the greatest books ever it talks about how there were legends before Jordan. It talks about the meca of basketball in the greatest park ever called Rucker Park. This is a great read that should be read by all basketball players

This is a great sports book about street basketball in Brooklyn during one hot summer in the mid-seventies. It really sets the time and place and made me get nostalgic of growing up not that far away in Woodhaven,NY. What a different time it was!

Rick Telander, a writer for Sports Illustrated, hoped to spend a few days in New York in order to write a piece on inner-city basketball. He stayed a whole summer. He became so drawn to the people and the ideals, he kept wanting more. Observant and intrigued, his motives for staying bleed through the ink, and as a result enhance the substance and value in the book. Telander implores a very unique style. While he remains just a fly on the wall just calling things as he hears them, his words

A bit dated ... What was ground-breaking in the mid-'70's - not so much anymore. But, it was still a fascinating read by a white guy who spent a summer sleeping on the floor of somebody's sparsely-furnished apartment in a Brooklyn ghetto, spending his days at the local park.One of my favorite excerpts:"Shortly after the rain lets up the awards ceremony for the age-group basketball league is held at Foster Park. A small platform has been erected, and the presentations are made over a fuzzy p.a.