Giant Steps (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Lewis Ferdinand Alcindor, Peter Knobler
- First Published: 1983
- Time of Work: 1947–1983
- Setting: New York City, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee
- Principal Characters: Lew Alcindor, Ferdinand Lewis, Cora Alcindor, Jack Donohue, John Wooden, Hamaas Abdul-Khaalis, Bruce Lee, Habiba, Cheryl Pistono
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: African Americans, Self-discovery, Islam, Autobiography, College life, Muslims, Athletes, Sports, Basketball
- Locales: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Milwaukee, WI
Form and Content
In Giant Steps: The Autobiography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the successful combination of Abdul-Jabbar’s verbal style and Peter Knobler’s written style provides an intimate first-person narrative of the first thirty-eight years in the life of a basketball legend. The book is divided into fifteen chapters, beginning with the star’s childhood and ending with his announced National Basketball Association retirement. In the center of the book are sixteen pages of black-and-white photographs of Abdul-Jabbar that cover each stage of his life from infancy...
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