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Multimedia
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CONTENTS
COVER
TITLE PAGE
WELCOME
DEDICATION
PROLOGUE
Part I: Cape Fear CHAPTER 1: Holly Shelter
CHAPTER 2: Bloody Wilmington
Part II: Early Times CHAPTER 3: The Influence
CHAPTER 4: The Competitor
CHAPTER 5: The Diamond
Part III: Emergence CHAPTER 6: The Cut
CHAPTER 7: Number 23
CHAPTER 8: The Transformation
CHAPTER 9: The Five-Star
CHAPTER 10: The Michael
Part IV: True Blue CHAPTER 11: The Freshman
CHAPTER 12: Something New
CHAPTER 13: System Failure
Part V: The Rookie CHAPTER 14: Gold Rush
CHAPTER 15: Black Power
CHAPTER 16: The First Look
Part VI: Flight School CHAPTER 17: The Young Prisoner
CHAPTER 18: The Foot
CHAPTER 19: Attack!
Part VII: The Cynic CHAPTER 20: That’s Entertainment
CHAPTER 21: Ruling Jordan
CHAPTER 22: Flying High and Dry
CHAPTER 23: The Drive-By Wedding
CHAPTER 24: The Transition
CHAPTER 25: The God of Basketball
Part VIII: Something Gained CHAPTER 26: Triangular
CHAPTER 27: The Gamble
CHAPTER 28: All That Glitters
Part IX: Far and Away CHAPTER 29: The Lexus
CHAPTER 30: The Diamond Dream
CHAPTER 31: Come Again
CHAPTER 32: Training Camp
Part X: Fury CHAPTER 33: The Carnival
CHAPTER 34: The Reckoning
CHAPTER 35: Firing Up the Bus
Part XI: The Afterlife CHAPTER 36: Limbo
CHAPTER 37: The Wizard
CHAPTER 38: Carolina
PHOTOS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ALSO BY ROLAND LAZENBY
NOTES AND SOURCES
NEWSLETTERS
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
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