The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama

by Alexander Wolff

While basketball didn't take up residence in the White House in January 2009, the game nonetheless played an outsized role in forming the man who did. In The Audacity of Hoop, celebrated sportswriter Alexander Wolff examines Barack Obama, the person and president, by the light of basketball. This game helped Obama explore his identity, keep a cool head, impress his future wife, and define himself as a candidate. Wolff chronicles Obama's love of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439913099
• ISBN13: 9781439913093
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.1" x 8.1"