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Magic in the air : the myth, the mystery, and the soul of the slam dunk /

"The evolution of basketball, and much of the social and cultural change in America, can be traced through one powerful act on the court: the slam dunk. The dunk's history is the story of a sport and a country changed by the most dominant act in basketball, and it makes Magic in the Air a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sielski, Mike, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Dunking (Basketball)
African American basketball players > History.
Basketball > Social aspects > United States.
Joueurs de basket-ball noirs américains > Histoire.
Basket-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Popular culture.
Basketball.
Social Sciences.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: The journey
  • Rise and fall
  • The soul of innovation
  • King of the cagers
  • Lionheart
  • The farm boy and the führer
  • The glandular goon
  • 1955
  • Jumpin' Jackie
  • The goat
  • The Hawk's highest flight
  • The ban
  • The summit of slam
  • God on High
  • Julius
  • Dr. Dunk
  • Wrong place, right time
  • Flying blind
  • The highest height
  • Skin deep
  • Mort de la dunk...?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Sources and bibliography
  • Index.