Room for Improvement
A Life in Sport
(Sprache: Englisch)
Spanning more than fifty years of ambitious and wild endeavors, Along the Way chronicles John Casey's most peculiar addiction, that of an adrenaline junky, who can never resist a challenge. Here we see Casey taking part in a twenty-six-day Outward Bound...
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Spanning more than fifty years of ambitious and wild endeavors, Along the Way chronicles John Casey's most peculiar addiction, that of an adrenaline junky, who can never resist a challenge. Here we see Casey taking part in a twenty-six-day Outward Bound course in Maine during the dead of winter; being pinned by a two-hundred-pound judo instructor; leading a lost couple on a yacht through the rocky waterways of Narragansett Bay by a simple rowboat; and completing--on his seventieth birthday--a 70K marathon of his own devising that included rowing, bicycling, skating, dog walking, and rollerblading. Be it a preoccupation with health or just an indomitably playful sense of adventure, John Casey's insatiable drive is an inspiration to us all and Along the Way is a joyful self-portrait of a writer who loves going to extremes, just to find out what it's like once he gets there.
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PEN/ESPN Award FinalistSpanning more than fifty years of ambitious and wild endeavors, Room for Improvement chronicles John Casey's most peculiar addiction, that of an adrenaline junky. Here we see Casey taking part in an Outward Bound course in Maine during the dead of winter; being pinned by a two-hundred-pound judo instructor; leading a lost couple on a yacht through the rocky waterways of Narragansett Bay by a simple rowboat; and completing--on his seventieth birthday--a 70K marathon of his own devising that included rowing, bicycling, skating, dog walking, and rollerblading. Be it a preoccupation with health or just an indomitably playful sense of adventure, John Casey's insatiable drive is an inspiration to us all
Autoren-Porträt von John Casey
John Casey was born in 1939 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the University of Iowa. His novel Spartina won the National Book Award in 1989. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he is professor of English literature at the University of Virginia.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John Casey
- 256 Seiten, Maße: 13,4 x 20,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0307744523
- ISBN-13: 9780307744524
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.11.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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