Confessions of a Hero Worshiper
by Dubner, Stephen J
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- ISBN 13
- 9780688173654
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As a boy, Stephen J. Dubner's hero was Franco Harris, the famed and mysterious running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Dubner's father died, he became obsessed—he dreamed of his hero every night; he signed his school papers "Franco Dubner." Though they never met, it was Franco Harris who shepherded Dubner through a fatherless boyhood. Years later, Dubner journeys to meet his hero, certain that Harris will embrace him. And he is . . . well, wrong.Told with the grit of a journalist and the grace of a memoirist, Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper is a breathtaking, heartbreaking, and often humorous story of astonishing developments. It is also a sparkling meditation on the nature of hero worship—which, like religion and love, tells us as much about ourselves as about the object of our desire.
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- World of Books Ltd (GB)
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- Title
- Confessions of a Hero Worshiper
- Author
- Dubner, Stephen J
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0688173659
- ISBN 13
- 9780688173654
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- January 21, 2003
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