Get The House Of Moses All Stars Picturized By Charley Rosen Viewable As Hardcover

round up to four on this one though if I could break it down granularly I'd go with a slightly lower gradeThe House of Moses All Stars are a Jewish basketball team traveling the United States in a converted hearse to make money playing games during the Depression There are seven players six Jews and one Irish American who just wants to play They grow long beards to play up their part which only invites hatred and incivility in the places they visitEach man is running from something with an end destination of Los Angeles at least for the trip though several of them want to keep rambling on after the tour ends Rosen does a nice job of individualizing each man they all have their own stories and personalities though the book is told in first person through the eyes of Aaron Steiner Steiner's marriage is crumbling in the wake of the loss of a daughter who died three days after birth due to serious medical issues which would have made her life miserable He's unhappy enough with his wife that he has an affair with one of his high school students Though he doesn't love her either he invites her to join him in LA when the trip ends It's yet another poor decision in a long list of themThough each player is flawed they also each have redeeming ualities and you do root for them to do well or at least do the right thing They face prejudice at every turn with than their share of misadventure including one horribly depressing event that I won't give away but you'll know it when you hit itOne of the strong themes of the book is prejudice and how ugly and pervasive it is in society I'll guess most Jews have it

easier now in America than they did inbut there's still plenty of prejudice in this country to make this message all too relevantThe biggest fault I found with the book was Rosen's habit of getting a little heavy handed with that message There were several episodes that felt manufactured such as Aaron's conversation with a black player after a game his completely random visit with a hermit in an ice fishing tent the Jewish general on the army base they visit in Colorado and maybe a couple others There's enough hatred being thrown at these guys throughout their journey that these contrived conversations don't really further that message and in a book that's nearlypages long some of these seem like they could have been tightened right out of the bookI read a lot of baseball books and always appreciate when the baseball parts are realistic to the point where badunrealistic portrayals ruin a book for me I'll give Rosen credit here for keeping the basketball portions very realistic and well written Check out the Reporter Group site for my review at America anni Trenta Nel periodo buio della Grande Depressione e del nazismo Aaron Steiner giocatore di basket in crisi con la moglie decide di accettare la proposta del suo amico Leo finito nei guai per una storia di scommesse mettere insieme una suadra di basket itinerante per una tournée che da New York li porterà fino a Los Angeles Sono tempi duri e in ballo ci sono molti soldi così allimpresa decidono di unirsi anche Brooks e Mitchell gli amici di sempre Ron un rapinatore di banche e i due pivelli Kevin e Saul I sette giocatori tutti ebrei si imbarcano su un carro funebre con una stella di David dipinta sulla fiancata e cominciano la loro avventura on the road nel cuore dellAmerica profonda combattendo a loro modo lodio razziale uesti Harlem Globetrotters con barba e kippah attraversano le sabbie rosse e le distese innevate del Midwest passando tra campi profughi riserve indiane e fiere di provincia sotto la minaccia della povertà e dei gangster di Chicago che inseguono Leo da un capo allaltro del paese Un viaggio alla ricerca di una seconda occasione in cui la passione per il basket si mescola alla per lAmerica degli outsider Charles RosenCharles Elliot Charley Rosen born Januaryis an American author and former basketball coach Fromhe was an assistant to Phil Jackson with the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association CBAHe also served as head coach of the Patroons as well as the CBA's Rockford Lightning Oklahoma City Cavalry and Savannah SpiritsThefootRosen played college basketball at Hunter College in New York City for three seasonssetting school records for both scoring and rebounding and earning most valuable player honors each season After college he played for Scranton and Camden in the old Eastern Basketball League and taught English at Hofstra University on Long IslandHe also served as head coach of the women's basketball team at the State University of New York at New Paltz a four year college located between Albany and New York City and was men's head coach at Bard College during theseason which he chronicled in the book Players and PretendersA native of The Bronx NY Rosen is the author ofbooks about basketball including The First Tip Off The House of Moses All Stars Barney Polan's Game No Blood No Foul More Than a Game The Pivotal Season and The Wizard of OddsHe is known for his in depth analysis and caustic views.