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092    BIO|bJOHNSON 
100 1  Lazenby, Roland,|eauthor. 
245 10 Magic :|bthe life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson /|cRoland 
       Lazenby. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bCeladon Books,|c2023. 
300    xii, 813 pages :|billustrations (some color) ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 785-800) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tBoom, baby --|tSmile --|tGet on the bus --|tTobacco Road
       --|tThe bike ride --|tMississippi --|tSobriquet --|tGoons 
       --|tPopcorn time --|tNatural high --|tMourning becomes 
       electra --|t"Glass!" --|tThe great and the gruesome --
       |tThe Spartan --|tAnother promised land --|tThe Great Salt
       Lake --|tStrange days, indeed --|tWe happy few --|tGame 6 
       --|tThe storm surge --|tPower play --|tThe art of Riles --
       |tThe Larry thing --|tHeaven is a payback --|tThe life --
       |tThe guarantee --|tThe long kiss goodbye --|tLaker red --
       |tAbsolutely positive --Shelter from the storm --|tThe 
       wanderer --|tThe messenger. 
520    "Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times 
       controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile 
       lifted the dowdy sport of American pro basketball from a 
       second tier sport with low ratings into the global 
       spotlight, a transformation driven byhis ability to 
       eviscerate opponents with a style that featured his grand 
       sense of fun. He was a master entertainer who directed Los
       Angeles Lakers "Showtime" basketball to the heights of 
       both glory and epic excess, all of it driven by his mind-
       blowing no-look passes and personal charm. At the 
       charismatic height of his power, Johnson then shocked the 
       world with a startling cautionary tale about sexually 
       transmitted disease that pushed public awareness of an HIV
       and AIDs crisis. Then out came his confessionof 
       unprotected sex with hundreds of women each year, a 
       retirement, an attempted return, then a proper farewell on
       the iconic 1992 Olympic Dream Team. Longtime biographer 
       Roland Lazenby spent years tracking Johnson's unlikely 
       rise to become an immensely popular public figure who was 
       instantly scandalized in 1991, then turned to his 
       legendary will to rise again as a successful entrepreneur 
       with another level of hard-won success in business. In his
       portrayal, Johnson's tale becomes bigger than that of one 
       man. It is a generational saga over parts of three 
       centuries that reveals much not just about his unique 
       basketball journey but about America itself. Through 
       literally hundreds of interviews with Johnson's coaches, 
       representatives past and present, teammates, opponents, 
       friends and loved ones, including key conversations with 
       Johnson himself over the years, Lazenby has produced the 
       first truly definitive study, both dark and light, of 
       Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr., the revolutionary player, the
       icon, the man"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Johnson, Earvin,|d1959- 
650  0 Basketball players|zUnited States|vBiography.