Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend

ISBN: 0767930525

Author: Montville, Leigh

Condition: New

Evel Knievel, the father of extreme sports, was a high-flying daredevil. He was the personification of excitement and danger and showmanship, and represented a unique slice of American culture and patriotism. But behind the flash and the frenzy, who was this man in red, white, and blue?With characteristic flair and insight, Leigh Montville delves into Knievels amazing place in pop culture, as well as his notorious dark side, exploring Knievels complicated and often contradictory relationships with his image, the media, his own family, and his many demons. With this all-American saga, Montville has delivered another definitive biography of a one-of-a-kind sports legend.