Author: Lew Freedma
Publisher: The Lyons Pre
Keywords: celtics, boston, rise, dynasty
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-06-25
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1599211246
ISBN-13: 9781599211244

The behind-the-scenes story of one of professional basketball’s most respected and beloved teams.

Author: Peter C B Jarkman
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Keywords: encyclopedia, celtics, boston
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2002-10-23
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582615640
ISBN-13: 9781582615646

The Boston Celtics Encyclopedia provides the first comprehensive volume devoted to the narrative saga, statistical records, and photographic history of the most famous team in professional basketball annals, also the most relentlessly successful dynasty franchise in all of American sports history. This handsome ten-chapter book contains era-by-era historical accounts, player portraits, profiles of Celtic coaches and significant front-office personnel, and re-creations of the most memorable games and seasons of franchise history. No pro team in any sport provides a more impressive gallery of li

Author: Murry Nelson
Publisher: Popular Press 1
Keywords: basketball, sports, culture, publication, modern, invent, new, york, celtics, originals
Number of Pages: 229
Published: 1999-06-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0879727942
ISBN-13: 9780879727949

Was there really professional basketball before the NBA? Indeed there was and, as this book describes, it was a rugged game but one that continued to evolve swiftly from its invention in 1891. The Original Celtics were at the vanguard of this creation and development. The team began as a local group of young Irishmen from the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City in 1914, but through shrewd acquisitions of top players the Celtics were transformed into the most powerful basketball team of their time. In the period from 1919 to 1928 the team won over 700 games with fewer than 60 los