The Lives, Times and Glory Days of The Harlem Globetrotters 1946-1963

by Dick Burdette

Book Overview

Through the hazy looking glass of myopic hindsight, the Harlem Globetrotters have long been perceived as a wholly orchestrated minstrel show: colorful, novel, slapstick, entertaining, most of all, timeless. They have always been, the thinking goes, what they are today: a traveling cartoon show. Handclapping, audience-participation fun for the whole family. A welcome, belly-laugh relief from the worrisome realities of everyday life. Like the circus,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518645542
• ISBN13: 9781518645549
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.0"