Product Description
by Leigh Montville (Author)
Former columnist for The Boston Globe Leigh Montville shares the inspiring biography of Manute Bol, a 7'7" Dinka tribesman recruited into fame by the Philadelphia 76ers.
At the time he entered the NBA, Minute Bol was the tallest man ever to play professional basketball. Standing at 7'7", he could dunk a ball without even leaving the floor. But his life was not always one of the glamour and fame that comes with playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. Born in a village in the south of Sudan, Bol left a primitive culture with strict patriarchy rules and no written language and traveled to the high-tech, glitzy arenas of the NBA. In this dazzling debut, Leigh Montville takes readers through Manute's wildly disparate worlds.Author Biography
Leigh Montville is a New York Times best-selling author of nine books on sports personalities ranging from Muhammed Ali, Ted Williams, and Babe Ruth to Manute Bol and Evel Knievel. He has been a columnist for the Boston Globe and a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. Montville is a member of the Hall of Fame at the National Sports Media Association and a member of the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. He lives outside Boston.
Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: November 01, 2010
