Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend
Harper, 2009. First edition. Unknown. First edition, first printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 187 pp. Illustrated with photos. Basketball immortal Bill Russell privides this memoir of his deep friendship with Boston Celtics coach red Auerbach. Russell was the center on the Auerbach teams that one 11 championships in 13 years. At the time, he said little about his deeply personal relationship with his coach but Russel and Auerbach--one a short, brash Jew from Brooklyn, the other a tall, intense African American from Louisiana and Oakland--were far more than just coach and player. Through the 13 years of the Celtics dynasty together their relationship evolved into a rare, telling example of deep male friendship: confident, supportive, understanding, founded in common goals, even as thier feelings went largely unspoken. Fine / fine. Item #E30855
ISBN: 9780061766145
Price: $24.95