TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pipkin,James W.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Sporting lives: metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies 
T2  - Sports and American culture series
AV  - GV697.A1 P475 2008eb
U1  - 796.092/273B 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Athletes
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Sports
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index; "The echoing green" -- Body songs -- Magic : the performing body -- The end of autumn -- "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10277765
ER  -