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The last folk hero : the life and myth of Bo Jackson / Jeff Pearlman.

by Pearlman, Jeff.

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Mariner Books, 2022.

796.357092 J12p

Jackson, Bo, 1962-

Athletes, Black -- Biography.

Athletes, Black -- United States -- Biography.

Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.

Football players -- United States -- Biography.

9780358437673 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Life and myth of Bo Jackson

xii, 484 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-464) and index.

"From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. Stadiums struggled to contain him. Clocks failed to capture his speed. His strength was legendary. His power unmatched. Video game makers turned him into an invincible character?and they were dead-on. He climbed (and walked across) walls, splintered baseball bats over his knee, turned oncoming tacklers into ground meat. He became the first person to simultaneously star in two major professional sports, and overtook Michael Jordan as America?s most recognizable pitchman. He was on our televisions, in our magazines, plastered across billboards. He was half man, half myth. Then, almost overnight, he was gone. By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime?the source for HBO?s Winning Time?the definitive biography of mythic multi-sport star Bo Jackson."--Amazon.

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