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Author:

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- author.

Title:

Coach Wooden and me : our 50-year friendship on and off the court / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem,--1947---Friends and associates.
Wooden, John,--1910-2010--Friends and associates.
University of California, Los Angeles--History.--History.
Coach-athlete relationships--United States.
African American basketball players--United States--Biography.
Basketball coaches--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.

Notes:

Includes index.

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.

ISBN:

145554227X
9781455542277

OCLC:

(OCoLC)985014306

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