The first, definitive biography of one of the most important, controversial, and outspoken athletes of the 20th century.
Part biography, part cultural history, it is a quintessential American tale--a story of adversity, adulation, tenacity, inspiration, and pride..
Based on interviews with Brown, his family, friends, and colleagues, Jim Brown is an honest, complete picture of the man and his turbulent times.
In this moving book, Mike Freeman offers the first definitive portrait of the sports star.
A legend in his own time, Jim Brown was revered as an athlete, actor, and unflinching symbol of black pride and self-reliance.
He was Jim Brown.
Most of all, he was the greatest football player of all time.
He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet magnanimous, relentless yet unyielding.
He intimidated people on and off the football field.
The first, definitive biography of one of the most important, controversial, and outspoken athletes of the 20th century
