Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper e-bog
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As a boy, Stephen J. Dubner's hero was Franco Harris, the famed and mysterious running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Dubner's father died, he became obsessedhe dreamed of his hero every night; he signed his school papers "e;Franco Dubner."e; Though they never met, it was Franco Harris who shepherded Dubner through a fatherless boyhood. Years later, Dubner journeys to meet his h...
E-bog
84,89 DKK
Forlag
William Morrow
Udgivet
13 oktober 2009
Længde
304 sider
Genrer
Biography: general
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780061860799
As a boy, Stephen J. Dubner's hero was Franco Harris, the famed and mysterious running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Dubner's father died, he became obsessedhe dreamed of his hero every night; he signed his school papers "e;Franco Dubner."e; Though they never met, it was Franco Harris who shepherded Dubner through a fatherless boyhood. Years later, Dubner journeys to meet his hero, certain that Harris will embrace him. And he is . . . well, wrong.Told with the grit of a journalist and the grace of a memoirist, Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper is a breathtaking, heartbreaking, and often humorous story of astonishing developments. It is also a sparkling meditation on the nature of hero worshipwhich, like religion and love, tells us as much about ourselves as about the object of our desire.