{"product_id":"the-book-of-james-valerie-babb-9781541702042","title":"The Book of James: The Power, Politics, and Passion of Lebron","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe unique social, cultural, and political life of the incomparable LeBron James\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e LeBron James is the hero in two very American tales: one, a success story the nation loves; the other, the latest installment in an ongoing chronicle of American antiblackness. He's the poor boy from a \"broken\" home who makes good. He's also the poor Black boy from a \"broken\" home who makes good, then at the apex of his career finds \"n*****\" spray-painted across the gate to his home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James has lived in the public eye ever since high school when his extraordinary athletic skills subjected his every action, every statement, every fashion choice to intense public scrutiny that tells us less about James himself and more about a nation still wrestling with many social inequities. He uses his celebrity not to transcend Blackness, but to give it a place of cultural prominence, and the backlash he receives exposes the frictions between Blackness and a country not fully comfortable with its presence. As a result, James's story is a revelatory narrative of how much Blackness is loved, hated, misunderstood, and just plain cool in an America that has changed and yet not changed at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Babb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541702042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541702042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023","brand":"Valerie Babb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44169775350015,"sku":"9781541702042","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92fe1a31-3e33-4aac-9bb2-c9abad667919.jpg?v=1689654848","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-book-of-james-valerie-babb-9781541702042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}