{"product_id":"concussion-paperback","title":"Concussion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanne Marie Laskas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - Dr. Bennet Omalu discovered something he could not ignore. The NFL tried to silence him. His courage would change everything.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping medical mystery and a dazzling portrait of the young scientist no one wanted to listen to . . . a fabulous, essential read.\"--Rebecca Skloot, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeanne Marie Laskas first met the young forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu in 2009, while reporting a story for \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e that would go on to inspire the movie \u003ci\u003eConcussion\u003c\/i\u003e. Omalu told her about a day in September 2002, when, in a dingy morgue in downtown Pittsburgh, he picked up a scalpel and made a discovery that would rattle America in ways he'd never intended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOmalu was new to America, chasing the dream, a deeply spiritual man escaping the wounds of civil war in Nigeria. The body on the slab in front of him belonged to a fifty-year-old named Mike Webster, aka \"Iron Mike,\" a Hall of Fame center for the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of the greatest ever to play the game. After retiring in 1990, Webster had suffered a dizzyingly steep decline. Toward the end of his life, he was living out of his van, tasering himself to relieve his chronic pain, and fixing his rotting teeth with Super Glue. \u003ci\u003eHow did this happen?, \u003c\/i\u003e Omalu asked himself. \u003ci\u003eHow did a young man like Mike Webster end up like this?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe search for answers would change Omalu's life forever and put him in the crosshairs of one of the most powerful corporations in America: the National Football League. What Omalu discovered in Webster's brain--proof that Iron Mike's mental deterioration was no accident but a disease caused by blows to the head that could affect everyone playing the game--was the one truth the NFL wanted to ignore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaut, gripping, and gorgeously told, \u003ci\u003eConcussion\u003c\/i\u003e is the stirring story of one unlikely man's decision to stand up to a multibillion-dollar colossus, and to tell the world the truth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne Marie Laskas\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eConcussion, Hidden America, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Exact Same Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGQ, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. Laskas serves as director of The Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches creative writing, and she lives on a horse farm in Pennsylvania with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689665302591,"sku":"9780812987577","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8591e5283331beda7b4427282a46b9d1.webp?v=1764986279","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/concussion-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}