Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson by Platt, Larry

Description: In 1996, Allen Iverson burst into the NBA, the first overall pick for the Philadephia 76ers. This corn-rowed, tattooed menace was immediately vilified by a sports press still fawning over Michael Jordan's non-threatening, clean-cut visage. Iverson, with his history of run-ins with the law and time spent in jail, couldn't be further from the well-scrubbed image that the league wanted to project. And in succeeding so dramatically despite maintaining his ghettocentric roots, Iverson has literally ushered in a new era of NBA stars. Raised in poverty, with his biological father in prison, his de facto father in and out of jail for drug dealing, his mother struggling mightily to pay the bills, and many of his friends meeting an all-too-familiar inner city demise (in one summer alone, eight were killed in shootings), Iverson found his escape on the playground. There, his prodigious talent had its roots. Filled with exclusive interview material granted through unprecedented access to Iverson himself, Only the Strong Survive provides an in-depth look at the truth behind this newly-minted legend.

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