Bryant's book shows how he got there, and the hits he had to take along the way." - San Francisco Chronicle " lays out the player's coming-of-age in the cauldron of racism, athletic talent, and Black self-expression that was 1960s Oakland Henderson's once-in-a-generation gifts and his role on the nine teams-notably the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees-for whom he played over his 25-year career. Henderson ultimately had the last laugh: Today he's seen as an all-time great. Bryant does some of his best work along the fault line of race and culture, an area he covers well in most of his writing. "Seldom does a sports biography - especially a page-turner - so comprehensively explain the forces that made an icon the way they are." - Sports Illustrated "Bryant's vivid and extensive account, written with access to Henderson and his wife, Pamela, shines a light on this unique and charismatic legend." - Washington Post "Thanks to Howard Bryant's new biography, we can peel back a few of those inscrutable layers and find the man beneath the swagger.
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