Namath: A Biography
by Mark Kriegel
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Author: Mark KriegelEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-07-26
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 528
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Book Review: A Super Read On A Pop Titan
Summary: 5 Stars
Take a 1960s pop icon who refuses to cooperate with an author wanting to write a complete picture of his life; that is as long as a nice check isn't cut so he can share stories on the media creation, not the real person. Then have friends of the pop icon clam up when word gets out the the biography will be "unauthorized."
These are the hurdles author Mark Kriegel had in researching Namath: A Biography. I would hope that soon after the book was published that Super Joe read the book and then feel embarrassed about trying to derail the project.
And in cases where roadblocks are set by the subject, an author can easily get the final word by lashing out. Kriegel does not fall for that trap and demonstrates impeccable investigation skills while obviously asking the right questions to those willing to be interviewed to get the most complete picture of Namath ever written.
Ok, so Super Joe was a media-created radical like "The Rebel" - tennis great Andre Agassi - and showed the world a side of his personality that was controlled by his abuse of alcohol when he slobbered over ESPN's Suzy Kolber during a live sideline interview. But there was more to the picture than the incredible highs as a player and the extreme lows years after retiring from the game.
To present Namath with his true personality does nothing to tarnish the image. But it certainly may mean Joe has had to revise stories he tells at memorabilia conventions.
Kriegel ultimately adds to the myth of the gun-slinging quarterback. And that in itself speaks volumes....no matter how "unauthorized."
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