Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich
 

Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich

by Mark Kriegel

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Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father's dream--and the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Pete--a basketball icon for baby boomers--all the Maraviches paid a price. Now acclaimed author Mark Kriegel has brilliantly captured the saga of an American family: its... (read more)

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Chad K.
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A great, great biography. The story of Pistol Pete could just as well have been a novel. He was a child prodigy molded obsessively by his father. It's a haunting story, filled with tragedy, but with redemption at the end. Any sports fan, and any fan of biographies, must read this.

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