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'''''Wilt: Larger Than Life''''' ({{ISBN|1572439157}}) is a biography of [[NBA]] professional basketball player [[Wilt Chamberlain]] by journalist [[Robert Cherry (journalist)|Robert Cherry]]. The 416-page book was published in November 2004 by Triumph Books. The foreword is written by [[Jerry West]], Chamberlain's teammate and friend on the [[Los Angeles Lakers]].<br />
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The book spans Wilt Chamberlains' life, starting with his roots in [[Philadelphia]], highlights his rise to young basketball prodigy in Overbrook High School and at Kansas University, follows his NBA career as member of the [[Golden State Warriors|Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors]], [[Philadelphia 76ers]] and [[Los Angeles Lakers|Lakers]] franchises and his successful business life afterwards and up to his death. Cherry also delves into the more colorful aspects of Chamberlain's private life, most prominently his notorious claim to have slept with 20,000 women.<br />
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In the final "Acknowledgements" chapter, [https://www.robertcherry.org/ Cherry] cites over 150 interviews, and singles out Chamberlain's lawyer Sy Goldberg, his sister Barbara Lewis (née Chamberlain) his long-time physician Dr Stan Lorber, and close personal friends Lynda Huey, Zelda Spoelstra, Bob Billings as main sources.<br />
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==Reception==<br />
''[[Booklist]]'' has been appreciative of the book. It calls it "a solid biography for any sports collection", "addresses the misconception [that Chamberlain was perennially called a loser]", and "also gives enough, but not too much, attention to Chamberlain's ill-considered, though possibly accurate, boast that he'd slept with some 20,000 women."<ref>{{cite book <br />
| author = Alan Moores<br />
| title = Wilt: Larger than Life<br />
| publisher = American Library Association<br />
| url = https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572436727/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top<br />
| date = September 2004<br />
| isbn = 978-1-57243-672-5<br />
| accessdate = 2008-02-16 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:2004 non-fiction books]]<br />
[[Category:Basketball books]]<br />
[[Category:American biographies]]<br />
[[Category:Wilt Chamberlain]]</div>imported>SimLibrarian