Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero

by Mike Freeman
Product Group: Book
Publisher: William Morrow (2006-11-01)
ISBN: B001G7RDJM
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 304 pages
Release Date: 2006-10-31
SKU: 07_399
Condition: Collectable Like New
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The first, definitive biography of Jim Brown, the controversial and outspoken sports legend, and one of the most important athletes of the 20th century. This will be a sweeping, grand book about a man whose life is a tough, sprawling drama. Even at 66-years old, Jim Brown still possesses the qualities, in abundance, that made him one of the most important athletes of the 20th century. Brown-s hardened will was the catalyst that molded him into such a great athlete and provided him with the confidence to become an unflinching symbol of black pride and self-reliance. His legend remains as sturdy as the body-scattering runs that lifted him to prominence. There is no doubt about it: he is the greatest pure runner football has ever known. Brown was a physical masterpiece, intimidating on and off the field. He is the only player to be inducted into the Pro Football, College Football, and Lacrosse Halls of Fame. It was his magnetic appeal that enabled Brown to crush previously taboo sexual images of blacks in Hollywood. It was Brown who became the first black action star, with leading role in The Dirty Dozen. JIM BROWN: THE FIERCE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN HERO will be part biography, part cultural history. It will chronicle not just Brown himself, but how the passion and chaos of the period in which he rose to stardom, mainly the 1960s, and in particular the civil rights movement, influenced Brown and how he influenced that decade. Unlike now, when many professional athletes fear taking public stances or discussing the thorny topic of race, Brown was a boisterous voice pushing for civil rights. To many blacks, Brown was as important to them as Muhammad Ali. Indeed, it was Brown who rallied other black athletes in a public show of support for Ali-s draft resistance in 1967 and it is Brown now who is still unbelievably outspoken. Brown remains an engrossing figure, one who still attracts the attention of both sports fans and non-sports fans alike.

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