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This inspiring story of how one man rebuilts his life is told with vivid, no-holds-barred descriptions of the harshness . A must for any l fan. More accurate than the movie, which will straighten out some of the "did it really happen this way".

This inspiring story of how one man rebuilts his life is told with vivid, no-holds-barred descriptions of the harshness, humour and love in today's inner city.

The Inspiring Story of a Harlem Basketball Legend. There's no description for this book yet. Published September 1993 by Beckham Publications Group.

Double Dunk: The Story Earl "The Goat" Manigault.

This inspiring story of how one man rebuilt his life is told with vivid, no-holds-barred descriptions of the harshness, humor and love in today's inner city. Double Dunk: The Story Earl "The Goat" Manigault.

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Double Dunk: The Story . In high school and on the playgrounds of Harlem, he astonished opponents with his acrobatic shots, including the patented double dunk.

In high school and on the playgrounds of Harlem, he astonished opponents with his acrobatic shots, including the patented double dunk. Although seventy-two colleges offered him scholarships, lack of discipline and bad breaks sent Manigault stumbling into a world of heroin addiction and petty crimes for three years. He succumbed to the fast land life that sapped the lives of so many of his friends in the 1960's.

This is possibly the craziest book I have read, ever

This is possibly the craziest book I have read, ever. It's a YA biography of basketball player Earl Manigault, alarmingly told in the second person. I say "alarmingly" because by page 6, we learn how you are picked up after a street game by an adult woman for an afternoon of sex when you are twelve years old, and it's also a little dizzying when you are addicted to heroin later on. It seems obvious that this book was written for the YA audience in the context of providing a cautionary tale that is also hip and cutting edge.

The book dedicates an entire chapter to this myth concluding it was never . Beckham, Barry 1980. Double Dunk, The Story of Earl 'the Goat' Manigault", Pages 89-90.

Gallagher writes " Earl "The Goat" Manigault is widely regarded as one of the greatest playground basketball players of all time. But to prove dunking was not his only skill, he would practice hundreds of shots each day, making him a deadly long-range shooter as well. Manigault played with some of the best players of his day, such as Earl Monroe, Connie Hawkins, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

DOUBLE DUNK: INSPIRING STORY OF A HARLEM BASKETBALL LEGEND By Barry Beckham .

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This is the inspiring story of a man who was on his way to becoming a basketball superstar before he became addicted to heroin. Beckham Publications Group.

This button opens a dialog that displays additional images for this product with the option to zoom in or out. Tell us if something is incorrect. Double Dunk : The Story Earl the Goat Manigault. This is the inspiring story of a man who was on his way to becoming a basketball superstar before he became addicted to heroin. With vivid, no-holds-barred descriptions of the harshness, humor, and love in today's inner city, Beckham shows how he rebuilt his life. Earl The Goat Manigault had what it takes to become a superstar.