Table Of Content

Cover Page: 1 1. One Way or Another This Darkness Got to Give Page: 6 2. My Time Comin’ Any Day, Don’t Worry ’Bout Me, No! Page: 11 3. Here Comes Sunshine Page: 17 4. Pleased to Meet You, Hope You Guess My Name Page: 24 5. You Say You Want a Revolution Page: 28 6. My Lightning, Too . . . The Music Never Stops Page: 36 7. Commissars and Pinstripe Bosses Roll the Dice, Whichever Way They Fall—Guess Who Gets to Pay the Price Page: 42 8. New Morning Page: 46 9. The Great Unraveling Page: 53 10. Feel Like a Stranger Page: 59 11. Help on the Way Page: 66 12. Shadowboxing the Apocalypse Page: 77 13. I Need a Miracle Page: 86 14. Eyes of the World Page: 98 15. Knocked Down—It Gets to Wearin’ Thin Page: 107 16. Once in a While You Get Shown the Light, in the Strangest of Places If You Look at It Right Page: 112 I Can See Clearly Now - I Can’t Get Enough - Is It the End? Or the Beginning? Page: 119 Photographs Page: 121 Song Credits Page: 122 About Bill Walton Page: 124 Copyright Page: 126

Description:

“An elegiac yet exuberant new memoir” (The New York Times Book Review)—Bill Walton’s New York Times bestselling memoir about his recovery from debilitating physical injury and how lessons from John Wooden at UCLA (and the music of the Grateful Dead) have inspired his darkest hours. In February 2008, Bill Walton suffered a spinal collapse so devastating he was unable to get up. It was the culmination of a lifetime of injury. Although Walton had played fourteen seasons in the NBA, he actually missed more games than he played during those years due to injury. From the time of his spinal collapse until his eventual recovery, he spent most of three years flat on the ground. The pain was excruciating, and he thought seriously about killing himself. But he survived, and Back from the Dead is the story of his injury and recovery, set in the context of his amazing athletic career. Walton grew up in southern California in the 1950s and was deeply influenced by the political and cultural upheavals of the 1960s. Although Walton identified strongly with the counterculture, especially in music, the greatest influence on him outside his family was Coach John Wooden, a thoughtful, precise mentor who seemed immune to the turmoil of the times. The two men would speak every day for forty-three years until Wooden’s death at age ninety-nine. John Wooden once said that no greatness ever came without sacrifice. In this “frequently stirring memoir…Walton’s love for life and the people and things in it—including his college coach, John Wooden—is infectious. You can’t stop reading, or rooting for the man” (Publishers Weekly). Back from the Dead shares his dramatic story, including his basketball and broadcasting careers, his many setbacks and rebounds, and his ultimate triumph as the toughest of champions. “[Walton] scores another basket—a deeply personal one.” (Kirkus Reviews)