<p>Going up (from Monroe, Louisiana) for glory is what Bill Russell does on a basketball court. His specialty, grabbing rebounds and blocking shots, has established him as the best defensive player in basketball history. He's the super-star of the phenomenally successful Boston Celtics. But it's not all glory. Russell is a proud and sensitive Negro and has quite a lot to say about discrimination. He says it quite candidly and warns readers that this is ""...not a friendship diary."" He characterizes basketball as ""... high-speed applied psychiatry,"" and whether he is discussing sport or race prejudice, he speaks convincingly in a direct style. The book goes beyond the initial basketball enthusiast market and bears no relationship to the Good-Negro-Athlete-Makes-Good school of autobiography. Russell offers some commonsense about the uncommon hardships of being a celebrity Negro moving through cross-sections of American society and growing as an athlete and an individual.</p>

Go Up For Glory

Bill Russell

Coward, McCann, Geoghegan

Pageant

Literature & Fiction

Frank Kelly

Dramas & Plays

Concord Theatricals

The original story of an unloved London boy who after being turned out of his home penniless and hungry has to learn about the harsh realities of life on the street. In this compassionate children's story Chip finds friendship in an emotionally chilly world. With the help of his unexpected friend and good Samaritan Drago, Chip learns to live again. But will he finally discover love and safety in the warmth of a new home? In the unique 'two books in one' format, fully illustrated throughout with cartoons and pictures, Chip Donovan and the Dragonfly is suitable for a variety of age groups. A tune accompanies this enchanting story. Chip Donovan and the Dragonfly is the magical concept of a team of unlikely talents; a property developer, a socialite, a cartoonist and an entrepreneur.

Chip Donavan & the Dragonfly

Delancey Press

RUSSELL Nothing But A Man - 60's

ESPN Sports

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