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The last folk hero : the life and myth of Bo Jackson / Jeff Pearlman.
Drawing on 720 original interviews, a New York Times best-selling sportswriter captures as never before the elusive truth about the greatest athlete of all time who took the world by storm from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s--and then, almost overnight, disappeared.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780358437673
- ISBN: 0358437679
- Physical Description: xii, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Mariner Books, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-464) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Prologue -- "The little rock chucker" -- A Black Bruce Jenner -- Emergence -- Don't mess with Bo Jackson -- The epitome of Superman -- Village on the plain -- Bus station -- Off base -- Greg Pratt -- Paydays -- A Baird man -- Senioritis -- Clutter -- Bucked up -- Memphis -- Royal -- Mixed royalties -- The different running back -- Monday night -- Icon -- The greatest year I -- The greatest year II -- Prime time -- Hip -- Reduced -- The return -- A hog's heart on a fence post -- The circus act -- Aftermath. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 14 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albright Memorial Library | 92 JACKSON (Text) | 50686016243151 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | 796.357092 PEA (Text) | 33240004726355 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library | JAC (Text) | 33249025374020 | Biography | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 796.357 J125P (Text) | 85131001851998 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Indian Valley Public Library | Biography Jackson (Text) | 39427103711628 | Nonfiction Room: Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lower Macungie Library | BIO JACKSON (Text) | 33400001578056 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults Jackson Biography (Text) | 33454005912217 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | B JACKSON PEA (Text) | 34422007205517 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | Bio Jackson, B (Text) | 33223009014902 | Biography | Available | - |
| Southern Lehigh Public Library | B JACKSON (Text)
Bookplate:
This item was purchased in honor of Kaveh & Yeamie Kousari for a donation to the Southern Lehigh Public Library Helping Hands Campaign 2022-2023.
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