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Author Thompson, John, 1941-2020, author.

Title I came as a shadow : an autobiography / John Thompson with Jesse Washington.

Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020.
©2020

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY THOMPSON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. THOMPSON, J.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B THOMPSON, JOHN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY THOMPSON    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO THOMPSON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.32 THO    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B THOMPSON    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG THOMPSON, JOHN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Biographies  B THOMPSON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Non Fiction  796.323 THOMPSON T    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xii, 337, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Introduction -- Anna and Rob -- The rabbit -- Red -- Providence -- The Celtics -- The game behind the game -- Seventy percent -- "My mortgage" -- Bay Baby, Big Sky, and the Big East -- Patrick -- The mountaintop -- Bet the jockey, not the horse -- Sometimes the lion kills you -- Rayful -- Proposition 42 -- Alonzo and Dikembe -- Iverson -- Nike -- Time to go -- To be a coach -- Do not forget.
Summary "The autobiography of the legendary coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, whose achievements on and off the basketball court reflect America's unresolved struggle with racial justice"-- Provided by publisher.
After five decades at the center of race and sports in America, Thompson was ready to make the private public, and he completed this autobiography shortly before his death. His book drives us through his childhood under JIm Crow segregation to our current moment of racial reckoning. His life on and off the basketball court threw America's unresolved struggle with racial justice into sharp relief. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Thompson, John, 1941-2020.
Basketball coaches -- United States -- Biography.
African American basketball coaches -- Biography.
Georgetown Hoyas (Basketball team) -- History.
United States -- Race relations.
SPORTS & RECREATION / General.
Thompson, John, 1941-2020 (OCoLC)fst01851026
Georgetown Hoyas (Basketball team) (OCoLC)fst00661452
African American basketball coaches. (OCoLC)fst00799045
Basketball coaches. (OCoLC)fst00828253
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Autobiographies.
Added Author Washington, Jesse, 1969- author.
Other Form: Online version: Thompson, John, 1941 September 2- I came as a shadow First edition. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. 9781250619341 (DLC) 2020034401
ISBN 9781250619358 (hardcover)
1250619351 (hardcover)
9781250619341 (ebook)
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