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Author Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem.

Title COACH WOODEN AND ME] : OUR 50-YEAR FRIENDSHIP ON AN DOFF THE COURT / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Edition Large print edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
©2017
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1824866~S1
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 Nichols Adult Large Type Nonfiction  796.3230922 ABD    AVAILABLE
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Description 304 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm.
Physical Medium large print rda
Contents Prologue: Why it took fifty years to write this book -- When worlds collide: midwestern hick meets Harlem hoopster -- The game is afoot: It's never about winning and other courtside lessons -- Color bind: the unbearable darkness of being black -- What would Wooden do: religion, politics, and keeping the faith -- We've got trouble, right here in Pauley Pavilion: getting lost on Wooden Way -- "Time can bend your knees": the hours of friendship in the days of grief -- Our long day's journey into night.
Summary A Basketball Hall of Famer explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history.
Subject Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- -- Friends and associates.
Wooden, John, 1910-2010 -- Friends and associates.
University of California, Los Angeles -- Basketball -- History.
Coach-athlete relationships -- United States.
African American basketball players -- Biography.
Basketball coaches -- United States -- Biography.
Basketball -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
Large type books.
Genre Large type books.
ISBN 9781455571246
1455571245
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