Michael Jordan (People in the News) [Library Binding]

David Pietrusza (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998 | Series: People in the News

Describes the life and career of Michael Jordan, including his childhood in North Carolina, involvement in sports, success with the Chicago Bulls, retirement from basketball, second career in baseball, and triumphant return to the Bulls.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Library Binding: 112 pages
• Publisher: Lucent Books (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560063505
• ISBN-13: 978-1560063506
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,450,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #62 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( J ) > Jordan, Michael

More About the Author

Called one "of the best historians in the United States," "one of the great political historians of all time," and "the undisputed champion of chronicling American Presidential campaigns." David Pietrusza has produced a number of critically-acclaimed works concerning 20th century American history. Critics have compared his work to that of H. L. Mencken, Theodore H. White, Edmund Morris, and Doris Kearnes Goodwin.

His "1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America," a study of the dramatic 1948 presidential campaign, is a selection of the History Book Club, the Book-of-the-Month Club, and the Literary Guild.

ForeWord Magazine designated his book "1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies" as among the best political biographies. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Caro has termed "1960" "terrific."

Pietrusza's "1920: The Year of the Six Presidents" received a Kirkus starred review, was honored as a Kirkus "Best Books of 2007" title, and was named an alternate selection of the History Book Club. Historian Richard Norton Smith has listed "1920: The Year of the Six Presidents" as being among the best studies of presidential campaigns.

Pietrusza's biography of Arnold Rothstein entitled "Rothstein: The Life, Times & Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series" was a finalist for the 2003 Edgar Award. Rothstein's audio version won an AUDIOFILE Earphones Award.

Pietrusza's "Judge and Jury, his biography of baseball's first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis," received the 1998 CASEY Award and was also a Finalist for the 1998 Seymour Medal and nominated for the NASSH Book Award.

Pietrusza collaborated with baseball legend Ted Williams on an autobiography called "Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures."

His books have been utilized as texts by such colleges as George Washington University, the City University of New York,  the University at Buffalo, Baylor University, Bellevue College, the University of Illinois, the University of San Francisco, and Portland State College. "1920" has been part of the syllabus for the course "Congress, The Presidency & 21st Century Media" offered by C-SPAN, The Cable Center and the University of Denver. His talk on "Silent Cal's Almanack" is included in the curriculum for the C-SPAN Classroom initiative.

Pietrusza served as president (1993-97) of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), and as editor-in-chief of the publishing company Total Sports.

He is an internationally recognized expert on American presidential elections and has been interviewed on NPR, MSNBC, C-SPAN Book TV, C-SPAN American History TV, ESPN, the Fox News Channel, the History Channel, EBRU-TV, GBTV, Radio-France, Radio France International, the Voice of America,and the Fox Sports Channel. He has produced and written the PBS-affiliate documentary, "Local Heroes." He has served as a regular panelist for FoxNews.com Live.

Pietrusza holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University at Albany and has served on the City Council in Amsterdam, New York. He has served as public information officer for both the NYS Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform and the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.

Pietrusza is the Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award of the Alumni Association of the University at Albany.

Learn more at www.davidpietrusza.com

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Jordan, December 5, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Michael Jordan (People in the News) (Library Binding)

I picked this book because it looked really interesting and when I read it I realized that the book was better than I thought it would be.

Michael Jordan's life was both happy and said. He had a lot of money but he was still bothered by media. It was ridiculous when people start making rumors about his dad dieing because he was involved in drug botched drug deal and some said he faked his death and he was still alive.

I am still curious to know exactly why Michael's "dad" died. Was the rumors right? Was he killed because his son Michael Jordan was gambling too much?

I really recommend this book to anyone who loves or likes basketball and everyone who have heard about basketball legend "Michael Air Jordan". This book doesn't contain stuff about drugs or anything that influence people bad way. IT'S FOR EVERYONE.

5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Jordan, December 10, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Michael Jordan (People in the News) (Library Binding)

Michael Jordan is one of my favorite books and it only has 7 chapters. If you want to know how Jordan became the NBA'S best player, you should read this book. You can learn about his family. This book shows how he gets through his childhood, high school, college, basketball and baseball careers!!!

Michael Jordan has lead the NBA in scoring over 5 times and he has over 3 MVP (Most Valuable Player) awards. He has scored over 20,000 points in his career! The NBA says when he retires he will be an NBA Legend.

It's the best book! The thing I liked about this book is how they described his childhood and his family.The thing I didn't like about the book is they made it too short! In this book you will see how interesting basketball is. I give it 5 stars and 2 thumbs up. Be sure to read this book.