THE ROAR OF THE SNEAKERS by Gold, Robert S. (editor) (Nelson Algren; Larry McMurtry; Gene Williams; Jon L. Breen; Jack Olsen; John Wain; Frederick Exley; Don DeLillo; Irvin Faust; Alvin Greenberg; Henry H. Roth; John Cheever; John Updike; Irwin Shaw; Roger Angell; Gerald Kersh) - 1977

New York: Bantam Books, 1977. 293 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper. This anthology of sports stories contains: Dark Came Early in That Country by Nelson Algren; A Non-Contact Sport by Larry McMurtry; Sticky My Fingers Fleet My Feet by Gene Williams; Frank Merriswell's Greatest Case or The Daring One-Hander by Jon L. Breen; Winning Is Better by Jack Olsen; Manhood by John Wain; The Polo Grounds by Frederick Exley; Scrimmage by Don DeLillo; Roar Lion Roar by Irvin Faust; The Real Meaning of the Faust Legend by Alvin Greenberg; The Cinderella Kid by Henry H. Roth; The National Pastime by John Cheever; The Slump by John Updike; Mixed Doubles by Irwin Shaw; Tennis by Roger Angell; Ali the Terrible Turk by Gerald Kersh; Stillman's Gym by Budd Schulberg; The Hustler by Walter Tevis; The Transient by Stanley Elkin; American Pastime by David O. Weber; and The Last Mile by Brian Glanville.. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good.