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I came as a shadow : an autobiography / John Thompson with Jesse Washington.

Summary:

"The autobiography of the legendary coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, whose achievements on and off the basketball court reflect America's unresolved struggle with racial justice"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250619358
  • ISBN: 1250619351
  • Physical Description: xii, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Anna and Rob -- The rabbit -- Red -- Providence -- The Celtics -- The game behind the game -- Seventy percent -- "My mortgage" -- Bay Bay, Big Sky, and the Big East -- Patrick -- The mountaintop -- Bet the jockey, not the horse -- Sometimes the lion kills you -- Rayful -- Proposition 42 -- Alonzo and Dikembe -- Iverson -- Nike -- Time to go -- To be a coach -- Do not forget.
Subject: Thompson, John, 1941-2020.
Georgetown Hoyas (Basketball team) > History.
Basketball coaches > United States > Biography.
African American basketball coaches > Biography.
United States > Race relations.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 14 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Statesville Main Library B THOMPSON THO (Text) 33114018420018 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Carver School Road Branch B Thompson, John (Text) 0112523067131 Adult Biography Available -
Cleveland County Main Library B THOMPSON (Text) 22281500147822 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dorothy Wightman Library B THOMPSON THO (Text) 30372101904479 Adult Biography Available -
Forsyth Central B Thompson, John (Text) 0112523067140 Adult Biography Available -
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library B Tho (Text) 30308101259381 Adult Biography Available -
Goldsboro Library B THOMPSON (Text) 900000000910928 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Jacksonville Main Library BIO THOMPSON (Text) 36015000506044 Adult Biography Checked out 05/07/2025
Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library B THOMPSON (Text) 39149008098675 Adult Biography Available -
Lexington Public Library B Thompson (Text) 25908007910719 Adult Biography Available -