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Pickup Basketball: A Guide to America's Favorite Game

by Ed Camp

65 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-2086; ISBN 1-4120-1709-2; US$12.50, C$14.22, EUR10.00, £7.00

The sports, comedy, documentary and "how-to" genres combine with hilarious illustrations to enlighten and entertain readers. If you are a basketball player or know one, this is a must-have!

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About the Book Pickup Basketball is our fond term for a game played by millions on a daily basis. Informal, unpredictable, yet essential to our lives is this game. Why, where, and who the characters are that fill ours courts consistently and earnestly day after day are explained within this very book. Not easily explained in words, our passion for the game is so often expressed by weekly piles of sweaty tee shirts, bumps, bruises, sprains, occasional grunts, and wise-cracking conversation on and around the court. We arrange our busy schedules of family and work around our pickup games, so addictive is our sport. We come back day after day, week after week, despite the sore muscles, and upon the end of a session always look forward to the next time. The whos, wheres, and whys of pickup basketball are attempted to be explained herein as a humorous ensemble of pictures and words, taken from real life experiences on America*s urban, suburban, and rural courts.

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About the Author and Illustrator Ed Camp (author) Multi-dimensional game, steady competitor, level-headed enough to make the observations contained within this book WHILE actually playing the game. A regular in North Jersey* s open gyms. Adam J. Roth (illustrator) Average sized guy with a big-man's presence. Has elements of the Hacker and the Mayor in his game, but is truly a multi-dimensional team asset. An East Coast native, AJ now resides in Pasadena, California and still finds opportunity to play AND illustrate, just not at the same time.

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Sample Excerpts

"Over the years the trappings of pick-up ball have changed, but the essence and appeal of it haven't. That's why this book so resonated with me. I'm pushing 50 and still find myself tethered to a lunch-bunch run - a game that features our very own Hot Shots and Pretty Boys, Hackers and Mayors. I'm not sure exactly what it is that keeps us ballers coming back, but Ed Camp with his words, and Adam Roth with his pictures, come as close as anyone to nailing it in these pages. Enjoy - and nod knowingly.
-Alex Wolff, Author of "Big Game, Small World." Alexander Wolff has been a member of the Sports Illustrated staff since 1980.

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Catalogue Information

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