An Outside Chance: Classic & New Essays on Sport
by Thomas McGuane
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fishweasel This is another collection of sporting and outdoors essays by a fantastic writer. If I recall correctly, there are references to Mcguane in at least a couple of the stories.
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Thomas McGuane was born in Wyandotte, Michigan on December 11, 1939. He received a B.A. in English from Michigan State University in 1962 and a M.F.A. from Yale University in 1965. His first novel, The Sporting Club, was published in 1969. His other works include Ninety-Two in the Shade, Nothing but Blue Skies, Keep the Change, Panama, and show more Nobody's Angel. His novel, The Bushwhacked Piano, received the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award for a Work of Fiction in 1971. He was also co-editor of The Best American Sports Writing. He authored screenplays for Rancho Deluxe (1973), The Missouri Breaks (1976), and 92 in the Shade (1975). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- An Outside Chance: Classic & New Essays on Sport
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- Please do not combine Thomas McGuane's 1980 collection, An Outside Chance: Essays on Sport, with this 1990 re-issue, An Outside Chance: Classic & New Essays on Sport. These two books have different... (show all) contents. Thank you.
Please distinguish between Thomas McGuane's 1980 collection, An Outside Chance: Essays on Sport, and his 1990 re-issue, An Outside Chance: Classic & New Essays on Sport. These two books have different contents. ... (show all)Thank you.
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