Playing for Keeps
Michael Jordan and the World He Made
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Narrated by:
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JD Jackson
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By:
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David Halberstam
About this listen
New York Times best seller
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes “the best Jordan book so far” (The Washington Post), the story of Michael Jordan’s legendary years with the Chicago Bulls, capped by the 1998 NBA Finals and the team’s second three-peat.
From The Breaks of the Game to Summer of '49, David Halberstam has brought the perspective of a great historian, the insider knowledge of a dogged sportswriter, and the love of a fan to bear on some of the most mythic players and teams in the annals of American sports. With Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, he has given himself the greatest challenge and produced his greatest triumph.
In Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the audiobook chronicles the forces in Jordan's life that have shaped him in to history's greatest basketball player and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human being in the world.
©2012 David Halberstam (P)2018 Random House AudioListeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
"David Halberstam has written a remarkable book about the changes in American society over the last twenty-five years. On one level, it is about basketball and the game's greatest player, Michael Jordan. On another level, it is about how an entertainment culture envelops Jordan and makes him its own. But on its deepest level, it is a story about working to overcome the odds, honoring parents and family, and striving to become a positive social force. This book is a must read for basketball fans, admirers of Jordan, and anyone who seeks to understand sports in America today." (Bill Bradley)
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- Aaron
- 24-01-22
Great Book for an Even Greater Player!
I enjoyed the narrator's voice but would like more celebrity or NBA celebrity narrator's in future releases.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-02-24
Great narration!
For all MJ and 80's-90's basketball fans, it'll be pure joy. Not many new things to hear if you're into it, but engaging storytelling nevertheless. Tha narrator is absolutely amazing!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Jamal
- 03-11-20
sublime
Love basketball? love beautiful writing? love Michael Jordan? then get it!
The reading was also very well performed. I loved it
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