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Jim Brown : last man standing / Dave Zirin.
Van Pelt Library GV939.B75 Z57 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zirin, Dave, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Jim, 1936-2023.
- Brown, Jim.
- Football players--United States--Biography.
- Football players.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Blue Rider Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--written by acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "It just is what it is"
- Man of the steel (the Superman trap)
- The boy they called man
- Man among Browns
- Jim Brown's black power : "If I ever march, I'll march alone"
- Almost a leading man : the Hollywood hustle
- Man up : gangsters, shot-callers, and fighting to make peace
- Toxic : manhood and violence against women
- Last man standing.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780399173448
- 0399173447
- OCLC:
- 998752081
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