A Sense of Where You Are, McPhee's first book, is about Bradley when he was the best basketball player Princeton had ever seen. McPhee delineates for the reader the training and techniques that made Bradley the extraordinary athlete he was, and this part of the book is a blueprint of superlative basketball. But athletic prowess alone would not explain Bradley's magnetism, which is in the quality of the man himself—his self-discipline, his rationality, and his sense of responsibility. Here is a portrait of Bradley as he was in college, before his time with the New York Knicks and his election to the U.S. Senate—a story that suggests the abundant beginnings of his professional careers in sport and politics.

    It is perhaps the only book now available that includes all the basic techniques for making pottery without a wheel: draping clay into a clay mold, folding clay over a newspaper mold, wrapping clay around a form, draping clay over a hump mold, making a pinch pot and coil building, to name a few.

    The sadness turned to joy, though, when Horace, with his precise scientific calculations, booted innumerable field goals to lead Caruthers to the county title, despite such minor errors on his part as wrong-way runs.In his drive to victory, Horace was aided by the occasional efforts of Billy the Goat, irascible Caruthers mascot, who was not averse to blocking out enemy tacklers, or anybody else, for that matter.How Horace's unfailing generosity and loyalty and his great personal sacrifice "for the good of the team" help the other members of the squad to a better realization of some of the important values in life strikes a serious note in this otherwise hilarious tale of schoolboy football.William Heuman, author of The Horse that Played the Outfield and City High Five, has written another good sports story for his fans.