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1539058249 |
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OCoLC |
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20260316121311.0 |
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250923t20262026nyuaf e b 001 0beng d |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781668211700 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
166821170X |
| SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(Sirsi) a520863 |
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IG# |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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IG# |
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TOH |
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HQD |
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ZQP |
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OCLCO |
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RNL |
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IMT |
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OCLCO |
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IDW |
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IMD |
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SPP |
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| Holding library |
SPPA |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
GV884.B57 |
| Item number |
O27 2026 (BIOG) |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
O'Brien, Keith, |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Heartland : |
| Remainder of title |
a forgotten place, an impossible dream, and the miracle of Larry Bird / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Keith O'Brien. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First Atria Books hardcover edition. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (some color) ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Author's note -- Introduction -- Part I: The boy on the boulevard -- Part II: The most nowhere place -- Part III: The Harry and Larry show -- Part IV: Cinderella in middle America -- Part V: Afterlife. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"In the fall 1974, Larry Bird, one of the greatest players to ever pick up a basketball, was lost, and in danger of slipping away. He had dropped out of Indiana University, spurning legendary Hoosiers head coach Bobby Knight. He returned home to French Lick, a tiny town in the second poorest county in Indiana, and he got a job hauling trash. It could have ended right there for Bird, were it not for two men: Bob King, an old coach with bad knees, and Bill Hodges, a man who knew what it was like to be poor and overlooked. In the spring of 1975, during one of the darkest chapters of Bird's life, King and Hodges convinced Bird to leave French Lick and play basketball at Indiana State University, a college that could not even fill its arena, much less compete with Bobby Knight. Then, while no one was watching, King and Hodges built a team of players around Bird who were just like him: they were castoffs and leftovers, ready to work"-- |
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Basketball players |
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Basketball coaches |
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Basketball |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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796.323 BIR 311 |
