Michael Jordan : the life / Roland Lazenby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lazenby, Roland.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jordan, Michael, 1963-.

Jordan, Michael.

Basketball players--United States--Biography.

Basketball players.

United States.

Chicago Bulls (Basketball team).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 708 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

Summary:

Traces the life of one of the most legendary basketball players in the history of the sport, drawing upon interviews with Jordan's friends, family, and teammates, and following his career from college to the NBA.

Contents:

pt. I. Cape Fear : Holly Shelter ; Bloody Wilmington

pt. II. Early times : The influence ; The competitor ; The diamond

pt. III. Emergence : The cut ; Number 23 ; The transformation ; The five-star ; The Michael

pt. IV. True blue : The freshman ; Something new ; System failure

pt. V. The rookie : Gold rush ; Black power ; The first look

pt. VI. Flight school : The young prisoner ; The foot ; Attack!

pt. VII. Cynic : That's entertainment ; Ruling Jordan ; Flying high and dry ; The drive-by wedding ; The transition ; The god of basketball

pt. VIII. Something gained : Triangular ; The gamble ; All that glitters

pt. IX. Far and away : The Lexus ; The diamond dream ; Come again ; Training camp

pt. X. Fury : The carnival ; The reckoning ; Firing up the bus

pt. XI. The afterlife : Limbo ; The wizard ; Carolina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780316194778

0316194778

OCLC:

857879414