Title

Swee'pea : the story of Lloyd Daniels and other New York playground basketball legends / John Valenti with Ron Naclerio.

Author

Valenti, John, 1960-

Publication

New York : Atria Books, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

Naclerio, Ron, 1958-

Description

xiv, 386 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Uniform Title

Swee' Pea and other playground legends

Alternative Title

Swee' Pea and other playground legends

Subject

• Basketball
• Basketball players
• Basketball players > New York > Biography
• Basketball players > United States > Biography
• Daniels, Lloyd
• Daniels, Lloyd
• New York (State) > New York
• United States
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas > Basketball

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Biographies.
• Biography
• Biography.

Note

• "An earlier version was published in 1990 as Swee'pea and Other Playground Legends"--T.p. verso.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Three-Shot barrage -- The legend of Swee'pea -- School daze -- Miles to go -- Andrew Jackson -- Swee'pea and "The Stip" -- Guardian Angel -- Mount Sac -- Gone bust -- The life -- Topeka, Kansas -- Goodbyes, Topeka -- Waters, too strong -- Cracks in the concrete dream -- Van Nuys, ASAP -- The Entourage -- Operation -- Con man -- Back in the 'Ville.

ISBN

• 9781501116674 (paperback)
• 1501116673 (paperback)
• 9781501116681 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2015050461