Nov 05, 2012 its called the hustle by doug merlino. In 1986, when doug merlino was in the eighth grade, he took part in an experiment on and off the basketball court. In one way or another, the white players all made their way. The nonfiction book tells the story of a basketball. Buy the hustle by doug merlino from waterstones today. One team and ten lives in black and white is author doug merlinos book about a halfblack, halfwhite basketball team in. One team and ten lives in black and white hardcover. Winner of the 2011 washington state book award for biographymemoir. Blood, struggle, and dreams at the heart of mixed martial arts, and more on. What would happen, they wondered, if they mixed white players from an elite seattle private school and black kids from the inner city on a basketball team. The hustle ebook by doug merlino 9781608193493 rakuten kobo. One team and ten lives in black and white is author doug merlinos book about a halfblack, halfwhite basketball team in seattle in the 80ss. He previously lived in budapest after leaving seattle. His search ranges from a prison cell to a hedge fund office, street corners to a shack in rural oregon, a pentecostal church to the records of a brutal murder.
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In his debut, journalist merlino traces the lives of his integrated juniorhigh basketball team and what happened to. Fourteenyearold johnny huttle nicknamed hustle by his best friend, rex comes from an innercity neighbourhood, where the streets are tough and the street ball games are rougher. Doug merlino won the 2011 washington state book prize for biographymemoir for his first book, the hustle. In eighth grade, doug merlino was on a basketball team comprised of players both rich and poor, black and white. Doug merlino, author of the hustle, attended lakeside for a few years as a middleclass interloper and now works as a journalist living in new york. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. An instant classic of narrative nonfiction, the hustle tells the stories of 10 teammates set before a background of sweeping social and economic change, capturing the ways race, money, and. One team and ten lives in black and white, was a seattle times bestseller and winner of the 2011 washington state book prize for biographymemoir. More than anything, johnny wants to shine as the schools star basketball player.
You know those rare books that hold your rapt attention, the ones that you keep reading until the sun comes up. One team and ten lives in black and white weaves unforgettable personal portraits into a fine memoir thats also a lively seattle history. In his book, the hustle, merlino reconnects 25 years later with several of his. Doug merlino have you ever considered the last episode of a tv show.
Read the hustle one team and ten lives in black and white by doug merlino available from rakuten kobo. In 1986 merlino played on a boys basketball team funded by a rich parent composed of lakeside students and workingclass, african american youth from seattles central district. Doug merlino was one of the ones who played in those teams. One team and ten lives in black and white, was published in january 2011. King, and others, doug merlino shatters postrace fantasies and bears witness to immigrant and africanamerican struggles, past and present, and weaves them into a captivating, unsentimental and sometimes tragic story of dreams realized, deferred andor.
Through connections developed as a result of the team, all had the chance to attend quality private schools. The hustle by doug merlino can be described in one word. Doug merlino books list of books by author doug merlino. Two decades later, doug merlino, who played on the team, returned to find his teammates. The hustle by doug merlino, 9781608192151, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He has contributed to slate, wired, mens journal, vice, and many other publications. Doug merlino won the 2011 washington state book award for biographymemoir for his first book, the hustle. As far as we at bleacher report can tell, this is the first time br content has been turned into an ebook, or any kind of book. The result is a complex, gripping, and, at times, unsettling story. Part history text, part sociological study, part memoir, the hustle is more than just a book about basketball. One team and ten lives in black and white, merlino, doug. In the book the hustle its based on a diversified basketball team that struggled with problems throughout the whole book.
Most interesting and affecting about the book are merlinos conversations with former teammatesresumed, as it were, after a 15year gap. See all books authored by doug merlino, including the hustle. Doug merlino audio books, best sellers, author bio. The ragtag group of boys gelled together to win the league championship. Im a journalist and writer who has contributed to or. The hustle book king county library system bibliocommons. The show you followed, season after season, before it met its nielson doom. Merlino returned to seattle to find his old teammates and tell their stories. The nonfiction book tells the story of a basketball team that merlino played on as a 14yearold in the 1986. Pdf hustle download ebook full pdf download get book fast. Made in seattle by wayne au home rethinking schools. It captures the ways in which race, money, and opportunity shape our lives.
A tale both personal and public, the hustle is the story a disparate group of men finding or not finding a place in america. It is a book about two fathers who dreamed about mixing white players from an elite private school with a random school of black kids. An instant classic of narrative nonfiction, the hustle tells the stories of ten teammates set before a background of sweeping social and economic change, capturing the ways race, money, and. As an independent bookstore, we strive to offer the same variety and richness of experience as the books on our shelves. One team and ten lives in black and white kindle edition by doug merlino author visit amazons doug merlino page. The hustle by doug merlino overdrive rakuten overdrive. What would happen, they wondered, if they mixed white players from an elite seattle private school famous for alums such as microsofts bill gates and black kids from the inner city on a basketball team. However this racial difference doesnt stop them from achieving a goal in the end. Doug merlino received masters degrees in journalism and international affairs from the university of california at berkeley. The beginning of the book was about 10 young kids 7 black 3 white that were almost like a. The noholdsbarred matches between mma fighters, popularized by bigticket ultimate fighting championship specials, are a brutal combination of combat forms such as jujitsu, muay thai, kickboxing, and wrestling that takes.
One team and ten lives in black and white has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Click download or read online button to get the hustle book now. The hustle book the seattle public library bibliocommons. One team and ten lives in black and white, 2010 delves into the fierce and unforgiving world of competitive mixed martial arts fighting. Still, as journalist doug merlino makes clear in the hustle, the overcast capital has plenty of its own unresolved racial legaciesand like virtually all major american cities, these come refracted through patterns of class segregation, chamber of commercesanctioned gentrification, and equal opportunity that is equal only for some.
The hustle one team and ten lives in black and white book. One team and ten lives in black and white paperback. An instant classic in the vein of michael apteds up series, the hustle tells the stories of ten teammates set before a background of sweeping social and economic change, capturing the ways race, money, and opportunity shape our lives. Doug merlino bio books the hustle beast the crossover speaking feely music blog contact. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The teams season unfolded like a perfectly scripted sports movie. The result is a complex, gripping, and at times unsettling story. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A complex, gripping, and at times unsettling story, the hustle tells the stories of ten teammates set before a background of sweeping social and economic change, capturing the ways race, money, and opportunity shape our lives. The books precise focus enables troubling considerations of the role of race and class in america.
The hustle one team and ten lives in black and white ebook. One team and ten lives in black and white has 2 available editions to. What would happen, they wondered, if they mixed whit. One team and ten lives in black and white paperback february 7, 2012 by doug merlino author visit amazons doug merlino page. An instant classic of narrative nonfiction, the hustle paints the lives of teammates from a basketball team created in 1986 against a background of sweeping social and economic change, capturing the ways race, money, and opportunity shape our lives. Black, white and playing basketball in 1980s seattle. Doug merlino is a veteran journalist who has written for wired, mens journal, legal affairs, and many other publications. The experiment was dreamed up by two fathers, one white, one black. Two fathers of boys on youth teams in the seattle area one of whom was white, the other black decided to merge the players into one integrated squad. Seattle weekly you know those rare books that hold your rapt attention, the ones that you keep reading until the sun comes up. He is a graduate of the university of california at berkeley graduate school of journalism.