The Best That I Can Be: An Autobiography - Rilegato

Johnson, Rafer; Goldberg, Philip

 
9780385487603: The Best That I Can Be: An Autobiography
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ISBN 10: 0385487606 ISBN 13: 9780385487603
Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1998

Sinossi

The 1960 Olympic decathlon gold-medal winner, lifelong Christian, and African-American hero recounts his journey from a Texas shanty town to rural California to UCLA, where he became a world-famous athlete and began his remarkable career.

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Rafer Johnson won the gold medal for the decathlon in the 1960 Olympic Games, posting a new Olympic record in the event.  After the Olympics, he devoted his time to his family, his career, and helping others.  To this end, he became a sports commentator, worked with Robert F.  Kennedy, is President of Rafer Johnson Enterprises, and Chairman of the Board for the Southern California Special Olympics.  He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, and has two children.

Rafer Johnson is President of Rafer Johnson Enterprises.

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n's story is the classic American dream: hard work leading to success, honor, and glory. Here, he openly writes about his humble beginnings in an obscure African American Texas ghetto, his growing up in the all-white, sun-drenched Californian town of Kingsburg, and his time at UCLA as the president of the student body and an acclaimed athlete. His talents brought him to dramatic athletic duels in Moscow, Melbourne, and Rome, and to the glamour of acting, broadcasting, and politics in Hollywood, Washington, D.C., and the rest of the nation.

Structured around the ten events of the decathlon, Rafer's memoir vividly describes an exceptional life. It introduces remarkable people, both unknown and celebrated (the Kennedy family; Gloria Steinem; Bill Bright, founder of Campus Crusade; Tom Brokaw; and others), who befriended Rafer and affected his life. It tells of obstacles and tragedies--crippling injuries, an alcoholic father, the assassination of hi

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Editore
Doubleday
Data di pubblicazione
1998
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0385487606
ISBN 13 
9780385487603
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
270
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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9780385487610: The Best that I Can Be: An Autobiography

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0385487614 ISBN 13:  9780385487610
Casa editrice: PRH Christian Publishing, 1999
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