Description: All the Dreams We've Dreamed by Rus Bradburd In the Margins Book Award Winner Shawn Harrington returned to Marshall High School as an assistant coach years after appearing as a player in the iconic basketball documentary film Hoop Dreams. In January of 2014, Marshalls struggling team was about to improve after the addition of a charismatic but troubled player. Everything changed, however, when two young men opened fireon Harringtons car as he drove his daughter to school. Using his body to shield her, Harrington was struck and paralyzed. The mistaken-identity shooting was followed by a series of events that had a devastating impact on Harrington and Marshalls basketball family. Over the next three years, as a shocking number of players were murdered,it became obvious that the dream of the game providing a better life had nearly dissolved.All the Dreams Weve Dreamedis a true story of courage, endurance, and friendship in one of Americas most violent neighborhoods.Author Rus Bradburd, who has an intimate forty-year relationship to Chicago basketball,tells Shawns story with empathy and care, exploring the intertwined tragedies of gun violence, health care failure, racial assumptions, struggling educational systems, corruption in athletics-and the hope that can survive them all. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Chicago native Rus Bradburd is the author of three previous books: the short story collection Make It, Take It; the controversial Forty Minutes of Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richardson; and his memoir about Ireland, Paddy on the Hardwood. He coached basketball for fourteen seasons at UTEP and New Mexico State. Rus and his wife, the award-winning poet Connie Voisine, live with their daughter in Chicago and New Mexico. Details ISBN1641602724 Author Rus Bradburd Pages 272 Publisher Chicago Review Press Year 2020 ISBN-10 1641602724 ISBN-13 9781641602723 Publication Date 2020-03-03 Language English Format Paperback UK Release Date 2020-03-03 Place of Publication Chicago Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2020-03-03 US Release Date 2020-03-03 Imprint Chicago Review Press Subtitle A Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicagos West Side DEWEY 303.60977311 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-06-08 Alternative 9781613739310 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136566896;
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