When the Garden was Eden

Clyde, the Captain, Dollar Bill, and the Glory Days of the New York Knicks
Harvey Araton - 2011 HarperCollins Publishers

This book is a well written and very enjoyable read about the glory days of the Old Knicks and their championship seasons.  The title of the book says much and the focus of the book is true to the paradisaical description as Araton describes not only the players and the teams but also compares those team-oriented Knicks to the star studded teams of the present.   Araton also occasionally includes first person accounts that make the book and the story much more personal and relevant. 

There two additional aspects of this book that make it well worth the read.  One is the followup and information Araton includes about the players and their lives after basketball.  The second is in the significance of the game not only to a sports city but also to a country undergoing great social and political changes.