Manute - by Leigh Montville (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>He is the tallest man ever to play pro basketball; he can dunk the ball without leaving the floor. He has traveled from a small village in the south of the Sudan to the high-tech, glitzy arenas of the NBA. He is Manute Bol, the 7'7" Dinka tribesman who has become a star. In a dazzling debut, Leigh Montville takes readers through Manute's wildly disparate worlds. (Simon & Schuster) February<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Former columnist for <i>The Boston Globe</i> Leigh Montville shares the inspiring biography of Manute Bol, a 7'7" Dinka tribesman recruited into fame by the Philadelphia 76ers.</b> <p/>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. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Leigh Montville is a <i>New York Times </i>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 <i>Boston Globe </i>and a senior writer for <i>Sports Illustrated. </i>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.
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