Seeing Red

By Dan Shaughnessy,

Book cover of Seeing Red: The Red Auerbach Story

Book description

Traces the life of the legendary coach and describes his influence on the NBA, the Boston Celtics, and professional basketball

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1 author picked Seeing Red as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I was working on a project about the 1980s Boston Celtics and had to read this as one of a dozen books in my research.

Again, I grew up in Boston in the 1960s and '70s and became a sportswriter and thought I knew everything about the iconic Celtics coach and GM Red Auerbach. No. Not even close. Shaughnessy uses his access to Auerbach and his family, friends, and foes for a hilarious, unflinching look at a bygone era….and a bygone bigger-than-life personality.

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