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Acclaim for John Branch

The Last Cowboys

“John Branch is a master of narrative nonfiction.” —Michael Finkel

“One hell of a ride.” —Carson Vaughan,Washington Post

“Gripping.” —Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times

“Compelling.” —Michael Schaub, Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Fascinating.” —Christopher Collins, Texas Observer

“Keenly observed and artfully conveyed.” —Michael Berry, San Francisco Chronicle

“Informed by scrupulous and compassionate reporting.” —Andrew Graybill, Wall Street Journal

Boy on Ice

Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing

“A haunting tale.” —Ed Sherman, Chicago Tribune

“Devastating.” —Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe

“Meticulously reported and beautifully written.” —Bryan Cronan, Christian Science Monitor

“Shows us, in tender detail, a life consumed by our unholy appetites.” —Steve Almond, New York Times Book Review

ISBN-13: 9781324006695

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.

Publication Date: 06-01-2021

Pages: 368

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

John Branch is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for the New York Times. He is the best-selling author of Boy on Ice and The Last Cowboys, and has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing. He lives near San Francisco, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Part I Climbing and Falling

1 Snow Fall 3

2 The Dawn Wall 56

3 Lost Brother 84

Part II Winning and Losing

4 On League Night, a 300 Game Lives 97

5 Perfection in the Horseshoe Pit 101

6 Where Drivers and Danger Meet 106

7 Enduring Traditions 112

8 Where Creativity Wags Its Tail 121

9 A Last Hurrah for Hollywood Park 125

10 The Lady Jaguars 137

Part III Hiding and Seeking

11 Hunting Something That Can Hunt You Back 203

12 The Most Perilous Prize 212

13 The Ultimate Pursuit 225

14 "You're Either the Hunter or the Hunted" 240

15 Deliverance from 27,000 Feet 248

Part IV Dying and Living

16 Seeing the World Beyond the Court 291

17 A Football Coach, a Tornado and a Murder 308

18 They Heard the Helicopter Go Down. Then They Prayed. 322

19 Children of the Cube 330

20 The Girl in the No. 8 Jersey 340

Acknowledgments 345

Credits 347