The last pass : Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and what matters in the end

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ISBN: 0735223637
ISBN: 9780735223639
ISBN: 0735223629
ISBN: 9780735223622
ISBN: 0735223610
ISBN: 9780735223615
Physical Description: xxi, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2018.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	"Sale boche" -- Houdini -- New beginnings -- The Celtics -- Rough and tumble -- Courting fame -- Auerbach's secret -- Russell's arrival -- Ack-ack -- Being Cousy -- Wives row -- Bush-league impression -- Being Russell -- Locker room pulse -- Aristocrats -- La ferme des Cousy -- High-strung -- "Take it easy, baby!" -- Anticipating his day -- The Boston tear party -- A dreamy sunset -- Salisbury street -- Russ -- Thursday nights -- Auerbach -- Missie -- Legacy -- Russ redux -- Versailles, books -- Mea culpa -- In the house of Russell -- Serenaded.
Summary, etc.:	Bob Cousy led the Boston Celtics team to its first six championships. He has much to look back on in contentment-- and one last piece of unfinished business. Fellow Hall of Famer Bill Russell was famously ahead of his time as an NBA player in terms of race and civil rights. But as the decades passed, Cousy blamed himself for not having done enough, for not having understood the depth of prejudice Russell faced as an African-American star in a city with a fraught history regarding race. In interviews with Pomerantz, Cousy opens a window onto the wider world at a time of wrenching social change. -- adapted from publisher info