Wilt: Larger Than Life

by Robert Cherry, Jerry West (Foreword by)

Overview

The author, a native of Philadelphia and an alumnus—as was Wilt Chamberlain—of Overbrook High School, spent four years researching and interviewing the most important people in Wilt's life. The result is a capturing of Wilt's personality and thoughts that relatively few people other than family and close friends ever knew.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617490378
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	469 KB

About the Author

Robert Cherry is a journalist and a former Peace Corps volunteer in the West African bush. He has been a general assignment reporter or editor for four newspapers, including the Arizona Republic, and his freelance work has appeared in the New York Times and the Jerusalem Post, among other publications. He played varsity basketball at Wilt Chamberlain's alma mater, Overbrook High School. Jerry West is a former Los Angeles Laker who led the team to nine NBA Finals and the 1972 championship. He is a former Lakers coach and general manager and serves as the president of basketball operations for the Memphis Grizzlies.