In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions’ pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team – getting to know the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks, taking behind the scenes snaps and capturing a host of American football rites and rituals. Plimpton might not have made it as a quarterback, but fifty years after its first publication, Paper Lion remains one of the most insightful and entertaining classics of sports literature.
| ISBN: | 9780224100229 |
| Publication date: | 4th August 2016 |
| Author: | George Plimpton |
| Publisher: | Yellow Jersey Press an imprint of Vintage Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs American football Sports training and coaching |