Jim Brown A Hero's Life
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Sprache:Englisch
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ePUB
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
13.10.2009
Verlag
HarperCollinsSeitenzahl
320 (Printausgabe)
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780061745942
The first, definitive biography of one of the most important, controversial, and outspoken athletes of the 20th century.
He intimidated people on and off the football field. He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet magnanimous, relentless yet unyielding. Most of all, he was the greatest football player of all time. He was Jim Brown. A legend in his own time, Jim Brown was revered as an athlete, actor, and unflinching symbol of black pride and self-reliance. In this moving book, Mike Freeman offers the first definitive portrait of the sports star. Based on interviews with Brown, his family, friends, and colleagues, Jim Brown is an honest, complete picture of the man and his turbulent times. Part biography, part cultural history, it is a quintessential American talea story of adversity, adulation, tenacity, inspiration, and pride.
This meticulously researched biography goes beyond the headlines to uncover the fierce life of an American hero:
- The Greatest Football Player: An unflinching look at the on-field dominance and off-field intimidation that defined his nine-year NFL career and cemented his legend.
- Hollywood Pioneer: How Brown shattered racial barriers on the silver screen, becoming the first black action star and forever changing how black men were portrayed in film.
- Social Activism: The creation of the Black Economic Union and the controversial Muhammad Ali draft summita deep dive into his fight for black pride and self-reliance during the turbulent Civil Rights era.
- Under FBI Surveillance: A stunning chronicle, based on declassified files, of how J. Edgar Hoover's FBI spied on Brown, viewing the powerful athlete as a threat to national security.
- A Complicated Man: Based on candid interviews, this is the definitive portrait of a narcissistic yet magnanimous American icon and his fierce, controversial life.
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