Third Quarter Outside Reading Book Review
Peter Maravich by Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill. Tyndale House Publishers, 2006. Genre: Biography
Pete Maravich, is the biography of one of the greatest basketball players and people to ever live on planet Earth. Pete grew up in Pennsylvania and went to high school in South Carolina where he got his nickname "Pistol" Pete Maravich. He went to college at LSU where he played basketball under varsity coach Press Maravich, Pete's father. Therer he scored over 3,000 points in just his sophmore, junior, and senior year making a 44.2 college career average, still the NCAA record for highest college career average. He went on to play professional basketball for the Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, and finishing his career with the Boston Celtics. In 1980 Pete retired from the game of basketball due to frustration in the game and a knee injury he suffered from the 1978 season. After he retired he went recluse for 2 years in search of the meaning of life and what to do with his life. He found what he was looking for in christianity. "I want to be remembered as a christian man not a basketball player." quote by Pete himself. In 1988 Pete was playing a pick-up game with a church group and seconds after telling a friend "i feel fine" he dropped dead. His death was due to a cardiac faliure. He died at age 40.
"Outstanding research on Pete Maravich and his life" by Bill Balton. "Pete was the originall. He was the best ball handler I ever saw. Ever" by Pat Riley. "He was one of the truly great players that could fill an arena" by Larry Bird.
It's kinda hard to explain what the writing style is becasue what the book is about is just Pete's life. They aren't interpreting it in their own way they are just finding quotes other people said and writing about what they research. They didn't put in any opinions or anything like that. But one thing about the writing style is that it is very informative.
"Dr. James Dobson wrote in his 1995 book Life on the Edge. He was the Michael Jordan or the Magic Johnson of his day" (pg. 384). What this quote shows is that the authors of this book researched a lot of different things to find quotes from people and multiple books on Pete's life and what people thought and how they thought of him as a player and as a person outside the game.
Peter Maravich by Wayne Federman and Marshall Terrill. Tyndale House Publishers, 2006. Genre: Biography
Pete Maravich, is the biography of one of the greatest basketball players and people to ever live on planet Earth. Pete grew up in Pennsylvania and went to high school in South Carolina where he got his nickname "Pistol" Pete Maravich. He went to college at LSU where he played basketball under varsity coach Press Maravich, Pete's father. Therer he scored over 3,000 points in just his sophmore, junior, and senior year making a 44.2 college career average, still the NCAA record for highest college career average. He went on to play professional basketball for the Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, and finishing his career with the Boston Celtics. In 1980 Pete retired from the game of basketball due to frustration in the game and a knee injury he suffered from the 1978 season. After he retired he went recluse for 2 years in search of the meaning of life and what to do with his life. He found what he was looking for in christianity. "I want to be remembered as a christian man not a basketball player." quote by Pete himself. In 1988 Pete was playing a pick-up game with a church group and seconds after telling a friend "i feel fine" he dropped dead. His death was due to a cardiac faliure. He died at age 40.
"Outstanding research on Pete Maravich and his life" by Bill Balton. "Pete was the originall. He was the best ball handler I ever saw. Ever" by Pat Riley. "He was one of the truly great players that could fill an arena" by Larry Bird.
It's kinda hard to explain what the writing style is becasue what the book is about is just Pete's life. They aren't interpreting it in their own way they are just finding quotes other people said and writing about what they research. They didn't put in any opinions or anything like that. But one thing about the writing style is that it is very informative.
"Dr. James Dobson wrote in his 1995 book Life on the Edge. He was the Michael Jordan or the Magic Johnson of his day" (pg. 384). What this quote shows is that the authors of this book researched a lot of different things to find quotes from people and multiple books on Pete's life and what people thought and how they thought of him as a player and as a person outside the game.
Pete Maravich is my 2nd all time favorite basketball player. This is due to his struggles and his hard work and dedication to the game of basketball and how he lived his life. I also am a huge fan of what they theme of the story is, which is to try the hardest you can, and all ways work and never give up, because with hard work and dedication nothing can hold you back to reaching your goals and anything you could ever want in the world. That is why i love Pete Maravich and this book because it is living proof that you can accomplish whatever you set your mind to if you just work at it.
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