LeBron by Jeff Benedict

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From the 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods comes the definitive biography of basketball superstar LeBron James, based on three years of exhaustive research and more than 250 interviews. LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of the twenty-first century, and he's in the conversation with Michael Jordan as the greatest of all time. The reigning king of the game and the first active NBA player to become a billionaire, LeBron wears the crown like he was born with it. Yet his ascent has been anything but effortless and predetermined the truth is vastly more interesting than that. What makes LeBron's story so compelling is how he won his destiny despite overwhelmingly long odds, in a drama worthy of a Dickens novel. As a child, he was a scared and lonely little boy living a nomadic existence in Akron, Ohio. His mother, who had LeBron when she was sixteen, would sometimes leave him on his own. Destitute and fatherless, he missed close to one hundred days of school in the fourth grade. Desperate, his mother placed him with a family that gave him stability and put a basketball in his hands. LeBron tells the full, riveting saga of how a child adrift found the will to become a titan. Jeff Benedict, the most celebrated sports biographer of our time, paints a vivid picture of LeBron's epic origin story, showing the gradual rise of a star.

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range- Adult
    • Hardcover
    • Product dimensions- 6.1" W x 9.3" H x 1.7" D
    • Genre- Sports
    • Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
    • Page Count: 576
    • ISBN- 9781982110895
    • Jeff Benedict (Author)
    • Publication Date: 04-11-2023

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2 years ago

Insightful, Compelling and Thorough! 6 Stars!!!

There are SO MANY details that you have likely missed along the way and this book by Benedict not only highlights A LOT of behind the scenes details that are forgotten or weren't really highlighted regularly but puts it all in perspective and shines a new light on one of the greatest athletes ever and also one of the most influential people ever as well. There is so much depth to LeBron and his legacy that make it a great story to read and this book tries to capture and weave a story together that made it impossible for me to stop reading. The book details information about his family and growing up, the struggles he faced throughout his journey, how he handled seemingly impossible odds and how he has always seemed to be a visionary and ahead of his time. This book is in the same style as Lazenby's book on Jordan or Kobe in that it tends to focus on more than just recapping specific games and focuses more on the big picture which makes it the ideal book for ANY sports fan, even if you are not that big of a LeBron fan. Because he is a pop culture icon, I think even people who do not regularly follow sports could also pick up and enjoy this book. I had a lot of trouble putting it down and I finished it much faster than I finish most other books. Highly recommended read! Kudos to Benedict on a job well done with this masterpiece!!

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