Bibliograph

The last folk hero, the life and myth of Bo Jackson, Jeff Pearlman

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The last folk hero, the life and myth of Bo Jackson, Jeff Pearlman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-464) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last folk hero

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jeff Pearlman

Sub title

the life and myth of Bo Jackson

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

Table Of Contents

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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