When the Garden Was Eden

by Araton, Harvey; Kalinsky, George

• ISBN13: 9780062088789
• ISBN10: 0062088785
• Edition: Large
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Harperluxe

Summary

In the tradition of The Boys of Summer and The Bronx Is Burning, New York Times sports columnist Harvey Araton delivers a fascinating look at the 1970s New York Knicks-part autobiography, part sports history, part epic, set against the tumultuous era when Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, and Bill Bradley reigned supreme in the world of basketball. Perfect for readers of Jeff Pearlman's The Bad Guys Won!, Peter Richmond's Badasses, and Pat Williams's Coach Wooden, Araton's revealing story of the Knicks' heyday is far more than a review of one of basketball's greatest teams' inspiring story-it is, at heart, a stirring recreation of a time and place when the NBA championships defined the national dream.

Author Biography

Harvey Araton has been a sports columnist for The New York Times since 1991. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and two hoops-loving sons.

Table of Contents

Prologue: In a Paradise Lost	p. 1
Roots
Down Home	p. 7
Red and Fuzzy	p. 34
An Irish Carnival	p. 53
The Real World	p. 81
When the Garden Was Eden
Scout's Honor	p. 107
From Motown to Midtown	p. 130
Courtside Personae	p. 156
Blowing in the Wind	p. 182
Down Goes Reed	p. 213
Game 7	p. 238
Fallout
Bullets over Broadway	p. 293
The Parable of the Pearl	p. 321
Deconstructing Clyde	p. 349
The Brain Drain	p. 377
Paradise Regained
Second Coming	p. 403
Changing of the Guards	p. 428
Afterglow	p. 457
Then, Now, and Forever	p. 488
Epilogue	p. 526
Acknowledgments	p. 533
Appendix: Box Scores	p. 537
Bibliography	p. 546
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