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LeBron is unquestionably the greatest basketball player of the 21st century. Off the court, LeBron's political activism, outspoken stance on racism and social injustice have helped build a social media presence that includes million followers on Instagram and 51 million followers on Twitter. He is an international brand worth billions of dollars.

As a child, LeBron was a lost little boy living in a public housing project in Akron, Ohio. His mother, who had LeBron when she was just sixteen, would disappear for days at a time. Scared and alone, LeBron rarely attended school. He was dirt poor and fatherless.

Lebron James Biography: A Colorful Illustrated Book About Vibrant, full-page illustrations that bring LeBron's story to life for readers of all ages.

And he had never played organised basketball. Yet he would become the most successful and most popular athlete that the United States has produced this century, bringing success to the Cleveland Cavaliers , Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers. To tell this epic story, Benedict has done exhaustive research, digging through thousands of pages of primary source documents, articles, books and hundreds of hours of video footage.

He shows the initial slow rise of a star that suddenly transformed into a speeding comet during his senior year of high school. It is a unique and unmissable insight into one of the world's greatest athletes.

This biography traces the key events in the life of LeBron James during his dizzying rise to fame in high school to his emergence as the first overall pick in.

His critically acclaimed book Poisoned is the basis of a Netflix documentary, which Benedict executive produced. Account Options Logga in. Skaffa tryckt exemplar. Jeff Benedict.