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Frank J. Basloe grew up in Herkimer, New York, where YMCA director Lambert Will developed the game of basketball. Basloe's classic memoir, I Grew Up with Basketball, offers an eyewitness account of the humble roots of the imposing enterprise that is professional basketball today.

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"Though readers may feel they grew up with basketball, no one will know until they have read I Grew Up with Basketball what it truly means to grow up with this game."—Krystina Lucido, KrystinaLucido.com

Table of Contents
IntroductionPrefaceThey Started with CabbagesThe World's First Basketball GameMr. Will's Game. . . Into High-Toned AmericansI Become the First "Globe-Trotter" at SixteenAn Unruly Bear CubWe Become "World Champions"Go West, Young MenThe Cornstarch Quintet"How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm . . ."". . . After They've Seen Paree"The Old Game and the New

I Grew Up with Basketball Twenty Years of

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      Publisher University of Nebraska Press
      Published 1 March 2012
      ISBN-13 9780803240230
      978-0803240230
      ISBN-10 0803240236
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Frank J. Basloe grew up in Herkimer, New York, where YMCA director Lambert Will developed the game of basketball. Basloe's classic memoir, I Grew Up with Basketball, offers an eyewitness account of the humble roots of the imposing enterprise that is professional basketball today.

      Trade Review
      "Though readers may feel they grew up with basketball, no one will know until they have read I Grew Up with Basketball what it truly means to grow up with this game."—Krystina Lucido, KrystinaLucido.com

      Table of Contents
      IntroductionPrefaceThey Started with CabbagesThe World's First Basketball GameMr. Will's Game. . . Into High-Toned AmericansI Become the First "Globe-Trotter" at SixteenAn Unruly Bear CubWe Become "World Champions"Go West, Young MenThe Cornstarch Quintet"How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm . . ."". . . After They've Seen Paree"The Old Game and the New

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