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Jim brown was a force to be reckoned with on the field. In the years following his early retirement, that same strength and determination led to success in hollywood and social activism. In an engaging, honest and powerful narrative, freeman covers all. An athlete who played a number of sports at syracuse university, he ultimately discovered that it was the violence of football that appealed to him most. Jim brown 1936 is known for two successful highprofile careers.
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A fierce, unstoppable combatant on the football field, brown s athleticism and confidence carried over to his movies, most notably the blaxploitation films like slaughter and black gunn 1972, which minted him as an action hero for the african american community. The fierce life of an american hero by mike freeman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hall of fame running back, jim brown, was recognized during his football career for his dominance on the playing field. James nathaniel brown born february 17, 1936 is an american former professional football. Out of bounds and was the subject of mike freemans jim brown. Freeman is also the author of three critically acclaimed books. The fierce life of an american hero by mike freeman in doc, epub, fb2 download e book. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about jim brown. Isbn 9780060776824 9780060776824 hardcover, william morrow, 2006. A lot of those irrelevant parts were also really awkward and uncomfortable to read. The authors self centered memoir of the great jim brown. As a brown, brown rewrote the nfl record book by setting 20 nfls.
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