Harlem Globetrotters: The Clown Princes of Basketball

Description:

This book is a history of the basketball team the "Harlem Globetrotters. It begins with a overview of the game itself and the creation of basketball rules. It then showcases a early team named the "Harlem Renaissance". It next highlights the team the "Savoy Five", with three of its team members going on to become the first Harlem Globetrotters, after a name change by their coach Abe Saperstein. It then details how the team went from winning most of its games, to reforming comedy stunts while playing. Next it highlights various famous players for the team, including a team member that later bought the team. It then explains how players were chosen for the team, and how they become "Ambassadors of Goodwill", and work with various charities. There is also even a section about the teams mascot, named Globie. Along the bottoms of various pages are definitions for words located on that page. There is also a glossary, Index, and Bibliography.

subjects: Harlem Globetrotters,  Basketball,  Juvenile literature,  Sports,  Harlem Globe Trotters,  Entertainment,  History,  Humor,  Education,  History of Basketball,  James Naismith,  Harlem Renaissance,  Harlem Rens,  Savoy Big Five,  Abraham Saperstein,  Inman Jackson,  Reece Tatum,  Meadowlark Lemon,  Hubert Ausbie,  Marques Haynes,  Wilt Chamberlain,  Connie Hawkins,  Fred Neal,  Lanette Woodard,  Junius Kellogg,  Michael Wilson,  Mannie Jackson,  Ambassadors of Goodwill,  Globie,  Basketball, juvenile literature