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The last folk hero : the life and myth of Bo Jackson / Jeff Pearlman.

Pearlman, Jeff, (author.).

Summary:
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]

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.
Subject: Jackson, Bo, 1962-
African American athletes > Biography.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
African American baseball players > Biography.
Football players > United States > Biography.
African American football players > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 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.
30044100879180 Adult Biography Available -


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