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"I grew up possessed by the legend of 'Pistol' Pete Maravich. I've marveled at the supernatural skills of Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant -- all of them were greater basketball players than the 'Pistol'. Yet none of them could touch the magical, otherworldly qualities he brought to the court, the genius and wizardry and breathtaking creativity. He could light up a crowd like a match set to gasoline. His game was lordly, inimitable and he should have been the greatest player to ever play the game. This great book by Mark Kriegel will explain why he was not. I never saw a greater or more electrifying basketball player and the 'Pistol's' is one of the saddest stories ever told. What a book!" -- Pat Conroy, bestselling author of My Losing Season and The Prince of Tides"Pistol is a classic American tale wonderfully told. With deep research and a vivid narrative style, Mark Kriegel brings us the joy and sorrow of Pete Maravich, an inimitable basketball player who was both timeless and before his time, an original talent haunted by demons -- his father's and his own." -- David Maraniss, author of Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero "Pistol is not just a biography of a transcendent, doomed athlete; it is a mesmerizing tale of a striving, grasping American family as dramatic as myth, of a father and son as intertwined as Daedalus and Icarus. Kriegel has written the rarest of sports books: a fast-paced, through-the-night page-turner. This isn't a slam dunk, it's a tomahawk glass-shatterer. Pistol is nothing but sensational." -- Rick Telander, author of Heaven Is a Playground and senior sports columnist, Chicago Sun-Times"Pistol Pete's moves on the basketball court defied the laws of physics. He did things you can't even film. He deserves a biographer with magic powers of his own, and he's found one in Mark Kriegel." -- Will Blythe, author of To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever"This is the best sports book I've read in years. The research, the writing, the pace -- it's All-Pro material." -- Terry Pluto, The Akron Beacon Journal"Mark Kriegel has written the sport's bio equivalent of Maravich on a fast break: dazzling and smart, and, even at 381 pages, over before you knew it." -- The Wall Street Journal"Pistol skillfully pulls off the balancing act required of good sports biography. It plays large historical forces (segregation, the rise of televised sports) against the individual magic of its subject." -- New York Magazine"A remarkable book that is the best researched biography yet of this revolutionary basketball player." -- The Raleigh News and Observer"Like the best journalists, Kriegel has the ability to get out of the way and let a good story tell itself." -- The Atlanta Journal Constitution"Pistol is a beautifully written book that captures the soul and inner turmoil of this son and father." -- The Tennessean
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About the Author
Mark Kriegel is the author of two critically acclaimed bestsellers, Namath: A Biography and Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich. He is a veteran columnist and a commentator for the NFL Network. He lives with his daughter, Holiday, in Santa Monica, California.
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Product details
Paperback: 393 pages
Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (February 5, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780743284981
ISBN-13: 978-0743284981
ASIN: 0743284984
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 1 x 8.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.4 out of 5 stars
177 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#33,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I'm not QUITE done reading this book (maybe 15-20 pages to go), but I'll take a shot a reviewing it. As someone who has enjoyed Mark Kriegel's writing on the FOX Sports website for the past few years, I wasn't sure how "Pistol" was going to read. Mark has a caustic wit which serves him well in columns, but in a biography of a storied and tragic athlete? No problem. He was very respectful in his treatment of Pete AND Press Maravich (as well as Press' wife, Helen, who was perhaps the most tragic figure in a family full of them) and the research was very thorough.As at least one reviewer noted, the story revolves as much around Press as it does Pete. Press came up in a hardscrabble Pennsylvania town from which basketball provided his escape. He was an old-school hardnosed player who became a very well-versed tactician of the sport. No less than John Wooden regularly sought his input. However, Press' devotion to the game was single-minded to the point of tunnel vision, and that's the world Pete was born into.Pete Maravich was as much a creation of his father's iron will and perfectionism as his own God-given talent. Pete was a prodigy, and there was little doubt great things lie ahead. However, Press was in the middle of everything Pete ever did (or wanted to do) with his life, to the point where Pistol Pete had to turn down a scholarship to a great West Virginia program because Press ordered him to go to a poor program at LSU because Press had just become head coach there. Once in Baton Rouge, Press abandoned the intricate, team-oriented strategies that made him a success at lesser programs and built LSU around his son (and only his son). While Pete set NCAA scoring records 40 years ago that may never be equalled, they came at a great price.Pete went on to deal with resentment from black players in the NBA who felt (rightly) that he was being handed things they'd worked their entire lives toward but never received. Although he became a high-scoring, entertaining NBA player who was one of the league's best draws of the 1970's, he was never truly happy, something one look into his eyes showed. There was always something "missing." It wasn't until he retired from basketball as a player in 1980 and settled in with his wife and two sons that he began to enjoy life, and his conversion to Christianity seemed to be working wonders for him when he sadly died of a heart attack during a pickup game.I strongly recommend this book on two fronts: One, it is a very well-done biography of a magical player comparable only to Marques Haynes, maybe Bob Cousy. It's a meticulous piece of writing. Second, it reads as a cautionary tale to parents who want to push greatness onto their kids. Greatness is at best earned, but never "pushed." Press' single-mindedness created a gem of a basketball player, but it cost every member of his family dearly except for his daughter Diane. "Pistol" is a great story, but also bitter-sweet.
Press is Pistol's dad, and he received more pages in Mr. Kreigel's biography of Pistol then Pistol's professional career and the players, coaches, staff and execs he played with. Mark Kriegel is the author of one of my favorite sports biographies, Namath."Lost amid the celebration of Pete's game was the fact that LSU, suffering from overconfidence and sunburn, somehow managed to lose to Yale in the tournaments championship round. Then again, by now, championships seemed almost pedestrian in relation to this real-life myth. All anyone would remember was the Pistol, a boy who transformed mere headlines into encomiums. Consider the January 6, 1970, edition of America's newspaper of record, the New York Times: 'Maravich Is Hailed as Basketball Artist.'" From Pistol, the Life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kreigel.This would have been a great start to this book, but it was page 162. The beginning was a chore. If you want to read a hilarious and interesting book about 1970's professional basketball, check out Terry Pluto's Loose Balls. Pistol Pete Maravich was cut from the ABA cloth of crazy personalities, even though he payed in the NBA, although an expansion team, the Jazz of New Orleans. Pistol believed in UFO's, he drank a lot despite having an organic diet filled with vitamins. Pete drove fast, really fast, he was into karate, and above all else, the creator of Showtime. I would have liked volumes on this Pistol, and the people around him.Pistol Pete Maravich lived a short, influential, exciting and charmed life.I like that Mr. Kreigel included Pete's sons, Jaeson and Josh. I found the REAL tragedy in the lack of respect Josh received from Coach John Brady as a 4 year LSU walk-on. Coach John Brady sat Josh for no other reason then his name being Maravich. This egomaniac Brady illustrated his character on Senior Day when LSU hosted Vandy at the P-Mac (the stadium named after Josh's father). In the game LSU easily defeats Vanderbilt 81-69. The only senior that did not play was Josh Maravich. I cannot imagine how a mentor, coach, leader of young men could handle a boy and team like this, but it helps explain why he is no longer coaching SEC basketball. I would NEVER let my son play for a, using the word loosely "man" with the character of John Brady. And if there was a reason the young Maravich should not have been allowed to play, then he should not have been shamed by dressing and riding the bench for four years.Mr. Kriegel is a wonderful writer and reporter. Pistol is very well researched with a few dozen pages of notes and references in the back.I loved the grit and emotion in Mr. Kriegel's novel Bless Me, Father. It also captures NYC basketball as well as the violence of boxing and the complex relationship between a father and son. I highly recommend it.
Pete's life has always interested me, as has his untimely death. I want to thank the author, Mark Kriegel for writing this outstanding biography. So well written that I could "feel" Pete's angst! The section at the end covering his children's basketball experiences and how much they missed their Father, brought tears to my eyes.As a WVU Mountaineer fan, I never knew until reading this text, Pistol Pete's desire to attend WVU! Though the author did mention Hot Rod Hundley in the text, he did not mention what I consider the obvious comparison between the two players: The fact the Hod Rod was Pete and even more ahead of his time.(By the way, on page 49, Hot Rod is from Charleston not Clarksburg)At age 56, I still can not believe that he averaged 44+ points every time he played a game for LSU, without a 3-point line!It is said that former LSU Coach, Dale Brown, did some research, and that with a 3-point line, Pete would have averaged 53 points per game!!!Dr. Stanley E. Toompas, Optometrist& Author of "I'm the One the Other Isn't"
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