The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World (Paperback)

By Jere Longman
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Now with a new afterword, The Girls of Summer, by the award- winning New York Times sportswriter Jere Longman, takes a serious, compelling look at the women who won the 1999 World Cup and brings to life the skills and victories of the American team. Longman explores the issues this unprecedented achievement has raised: the importance of the players as role models; the significance of race and class; the sexualization of the team members; and the differences between men and women's sports. Provocative and insightful, this book reminds us that the real struggles are off the field -- and some remain to be won.

About the Author

JerÉ Longman is a sportswriter for the New York Times. His three previous books for HarperCollins are the New York Times bestseller Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back; The Girls of Summer, The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World; and If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer: Philadelphia, Its Faithful, and the Eternal Quest for Sports Salvation. He also wrote The Hurricanes: One High School Team's Homecoming After Katrina, named by Slate magazine as one of the best books of 2008.

Product Details ISBN-10: 0060934689
ISBN-13: 9780060934682
Published: It Books, 04/01/2001
Pages: 336
Language: English