Library of books by local sports writer William Gildea
Item Number: 1134
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
Local author and parishioner William Gildea has donated and will personally autograph seven of his books. Titles include:
The Longest Fight: In the Ring with Joe Gans, Boxing's First African American Champion by William Gildea
Where the Game Matters Most by William Gildea
When the Colts Belonged to Baltimore: A Father and a Son, a Team and a Time -- A Memoir by William Gildea
I'll Always Get Up by Larry Brown with William Gildea
The Future is Now by William Gildea and Kenneth Turan (out of print)
The Fighting Irish by William Gildea and Christopher Jennison
I'd Rather be Wright by Kenneth Turan, Steve Wright, and William Gildea
About the Author
William Gildea was a writer for The Washington Post from 1965 through 2005. He has covered the Olympic Games (four times), the World Cup (four times), and about fifty championship or major fights, principally in Las Vegas. Many of his pieces have appeared in Best Sports Stories and The Best American Sports Writing. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Mary Fran. And he is the father of Maria Gildea Selwood.