{"product_id":"book-qp7e","title":"When the Garden Was Eden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of \u003cem\u003eThe Boys of Summer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bronx Is Burning\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e sports columnist Harvey Araton delivers a fascinating look at the 1970s New York Knicks-part autobiography, part sports history, part epic, set against the tumultuous era when Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, and Bill Bradley reigned supreme in the world of basketball.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThe late 1960s and early 1970s, in New York City and America at large, were years marked by political tumult, social unrest ... and the best professional basketball ever played. Paradise, for better or worse, was a hardwood court in midtown Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eHarvey Araton has followed the Knicks, old and new, for decades-first as a teenage fan, then as a young sports reporter with the \u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and now as a writer and columnist for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eWhen the Garden Was Eden\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive account of the New York Knicks in their vintage pomp. With measured prose and shoe-leather reporting, Araton relives their most glorious triumphs and bitter rivalries, and casts light on a team all but forgotten outside of pregame highlight reels and nostalgic reunions at the Garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eAraton's revealing story of the Knicks' heyday is far more than a review of one of basketball's greatest teams' inspiring story-it is, at heart, a stirring recreation of a time and place when the NBA championships defined the national dream.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50152770961712,"sku":"BDqp7e","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50152770994480,"sku":"ZEqp7e","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50152771027248,"sku":"ZMqp7e","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/qp7e-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777648162","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-qp7e","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}