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Jameer Nelson: The Story of Jameer Nelson and How He Came to Be a Phenomenon on the Basketball Court and in Life
This new book takes an inside look at the life of Jameer Nelson and his remarkable rise to become one of the top players in college basketball. The book also takes readers behind the scenes, covering St. Joe's remarkable 2003 season through the disappointing loss in the NCAA tournament to Oklahoma State. This is a must-have for any St. Joe's fan or Jameer Nelson fan!
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Published November 1, 2004
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About the author
Pete Nelson
41 books29 followersPete Nelson lives with his wife and son in Westchester, New York. He got his MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1979 and has written both fiction and non-fiction for magazines, including Harpers, Playboy, Esquire, MS, Outside, The Iowa Review, National Wildlife, Glamour, Redbook. He was a columnist for Mademoiselle and a staff writer for LIVE Magazine, covering various live events including horse pulls, music festivals, dog shows, accordion camps and arm wrestling championships. Recently he was a contributing editor and feature writer for Wondertime, a Disney parenting magazine.
He's published twelve young adult novels, including a six-book series about a girl named Sylvia Smith-Smith which earned him an Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of America. His young adult non-fiction WWII history, Left For Dead (Randomhouse, 2002) about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis won the 2003 Christopher award as was named to the American Library Association's 2003 top ten list.
His other non-fiction titles include Real Man Tells All (Viking, 1988), Marry Like a Man (NAL, l992), That Others May Live (Crown, 2000) and Kidshape (Rutledge Hill, 2004). His novel The Christmas List was published by Rutledge Hill Press in 2004. He wrote, with former army counterintelligence agent Dave DeBatto, a four book series of military thrillers, including CI: Team Red (2005), CI: Dark Target (2006), CI: Mission Liberty (2006) and CI: Homeland Threat (2007) published by Time-Warner. A More Unbending Battle; The Harlem Hellfighters' Struggle for Democracy in WWI and Equality at Home, was published in 2009 by Basic Civitas books. His novel, I Thought You Were Dead, will be published by Algonquin in 2010. He also has two CDs out on the Signature Sounds label, the first entitled The Restless Boys Club (1996), the second called Days Like Horses (2000).
He's published twelve young adult novels, including a six-book series about a girl named Sylvia Smith-Smith which earned him an Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of America. His young adult non-fiction WWII history, Left For Dead (Randomhouse, 2002) about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis won the 2003 Christopher award as was named to the American Library Association's 2003 top ten list.
His other non-fiction titles include Real Man Tells All (Viking, 1988), Marry Like a Man (NAL, l992), That Others May Live (Crown, 2000) and Kidshape (Rutledge Hill, 2004). His novel The Christmas List was published by Rutledge Hill Press in 2004. He wrote, with former army counterintelligence agent Dave DeBatto, a four book series of military thrillers, including CI: Team Red (2005), CI: Dark Target (2006), CI: Mission Liberty (2006) and CI: Homeland Threat (2007) published by Time-Warner. A More Unbending Battle; The Harlem Hellfighters' Struggle for Democracy in WWI and Equality at Home, was published in 2009 by Basic Civitas books. His novel, I Thought You Were Dead, will be published by Algonquin in 2010. He also has two CDs out on the Signature Sounds label, the first entitled The Restless Boys Club (1996), the second called Days Like Horses (2000).
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December 25, 2024
As an Saint Joseph's University graduate, learning about Jameer Nelson as a person and player was a pleasant experience. The book is authored by his father and a close family friend and this book accomplished exactly what I want.. learn more about the greatest player in SJU history.
The structure of the book is not great and as a biography in general, it is not super coherent. However, this book reads more as a collection of testimonies of people who lived and grew along side Jammer. Ultimately, this book made me care more about Jameer as a person than it did as a college basketball phenom. Certainly it does a great job in describing how amazing a feat it was that a Chester kid won the equivalent of the Heisman and somehow took a small basketball school to an undefeated season and an elite 8 appearance. However, the best thing about this biography is finding out that not only was he a great player, he was also a great person.
The structure of the book is not great and as a biography in general, it is not super coherent. However, this book reads more as a collection of testimonies of people who lived and grew along side Jammer. Ultimately, this book made me care more about Jameer as a person than it did as a college basketball phenom. Certainly it does a great job in describing how amazing a feat it was that a Chester kid won the equivalent of the Heisman and somehow took a small basketball school to an undefeated season and an elite 8 appearance. However, the best thing about this biography is finding out that not only was he a great player, he was also a great person.
July 7, 2009
6th grade level reader about Jameer Nelson’s rise from Chester, PA to St. Joseph’s and eventually the Orlando Magic. Nothing about the trial and tribulations Jameer must have gone through coming up through Chester which is a historically tough town south of Philly, just success after success after success. Jameer’s successes are unparalleled which was amazing to read about, as the senior point guard of St. Joe’s during the 2003/2004 season he led the Hawks to their best record in history, their one and only #1 ranking and all the way to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament. He won every award imaginable including; The John R. Wooden Award given to the best college basketball player in the nation, the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award and the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award for being the best senior player under 6 feet tall. 01/03/07.
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