Lazenby, Roland,   1952- <br/><br/>
Jerry West :  the life and legend of a basketball icon / 
Roland Lazenby. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  ESPN Books ;  Ballantine Books,  c2009. 
 - xxi, 422 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Saga<br/>West, by God, Virginia<br/>Heartbreak<br/>The locomotive<br/>The discovery<br/>The mountaineer<br/>The hopeful<br/>The Laker<br/>The horror<br/>Misery<br/>The logo<br/>The last chance<br/>A "wearing thing"<br/>The after life 
<br/><br/> When in 1969 the NBA sought an emblem for the league, one man was chosen above all as the icon of his sport: Jerry West. Silhouetted in white against a red-and-blue backdrop, West's signature gait and left-handed dribble are still the NBA logo, seen on merchandise around the world. In this book--the first biography of the basketball legend--sports journalist Roland Lazenby traces Jerry West's brilliant career from the coalfields near Cabin Creek, West Virginia, to the bare-knuckled pre-expansion era of the NBA, from the Lakers' Riley-Magic-Kareem Showtime era to Jackson-Kobe-Shaq teams of the early twenty-first century, and beyond.--From publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780345510839 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0345510836 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009043777 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>West, Jerry, 1938- <br/>West, Jerry  1938-  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team)<br/>Los Ángeles Lakers (equipo de baloncesto) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Basketball players--United States--Biography.<br/>Baloncesto --Estados Unidos<br/>Jugadores de baloncesto--Estados Unidos--Biografías 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B GV 884  / W518L 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796.323092