{"product_id":"jump-shooting-to-a-higher-degree-jump-shooting-to-a-higher-degree-paperback","title":"Jump Shooting to a Higher Degree: Jump Shooting to a Higher Degree - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheldon Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJump Shooting to a Higher Degree\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Sheldon Anderson's basketball career from grade school in small-town Moorhead, Minnesota, in the 1960s, to inner-city high school and college ball in Minneapolis, to a professional career in West Germany, and finally to communist Poland, where he did PhD research while on a basketball junket behind the Iron Curtain in the late 1980s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Because he was the only American player in the league at the time, and with help from a Polish scholar, Anderson was one of the first Western scholars to gain access to Communist Party documents. He's also likely the only American scholar to have funded his research by playing semi-pro basketball in a communist country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJump Shooting to a Higher Degree\u003c\/i\u003e is much more than a basketball story. Anderson provides insights into the everyday lives of people on either side of the Iron Curtain, such as the English coach he played for in West Germany, an elderly woman he visited many times in East Germany, and a sailmaker's family he lived with in Warsaw. He reflects on German, Polish, and Cold War history, providing a commentary on the times and the places where he lived and played, and the importance of basketball along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheldon Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Miami University. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh: The Greatest Woman Athlete of Her Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Politics and Culture of Modern Sports\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49152182026392,"sku":"9781496226488","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/NERBRlNGRTYrOUVuaXEwM2lZTFRpQT09.webp?v=1779558772","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/jump-shooting-to-a-higher-degree-jump-shooting-to-a-higher-degree-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}